Fwd: [ANNOUNCE] xf86-video-intel 2.20.16

[Tom London]

On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 1:56 AM, Ilyes Gouta <ilyes.gouta at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> and performance (blt and blending, cairo-demos) is way better than the
> 2.20.10 and 2.20.14 releases.
>
> -Ilyes
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Ilyes Gouta <ilyes.gouta at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just testing the 2.20.16 release and everything looks good so far on GM45.
>>
>> -Ilyes
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 2:28 AM, Sérgio Basto <sergio at serjux.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Dom, 2012-12-16 at 01:10 +0200, Ebru Arslan wrote:
>>> > I am using 32 bit Fedora 14 . our platform is Adlink cPCI-3970D and
>>> > this platform using Intel HD 3000 i915 graphic.
>>> > I install Base video mode. after that i dont achieve install intel
>>> > driver.
>>> > i need installation steps of xf86-video-intel 2.20.16 . libdrm
>>> > version,X-server version, etc. also create problem when i
>>> > make ./configure
>>> > but i already updated Fedora 14 .
>>>
>>> When I want update packages I do custom rpms, and recently use mock (*)
>>> to build the packages.
>>>
>>> #cd fedora-scm/
>>> #git clone git://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/xorg-x11-drv-intel.git
>>> #cd xorg-x11-drv-intel/
>>> edit xorg-x11-drv-intel.spec
>>> change version to Version:   2.20.16
>>>
>>> fedpkg mockbuild --root fedora-18-x86_64 (or fedora-14-x86_64)
>>>
>>> fedpkg mockbuild --root fedora-18-i386 (or fedora-14-i386)
>>>
>>> and finally
>>> rpm -Uvh the build rpms
>>>
>>> if not have mock and fedpkg in F14 you could try
>>>
>>> rpmbuild -ba xorg-x11-drv-intel.spec ...
>>>
>>> (*) my notes to use mock
>>> http://www.serjux.com/alps/how_to_use_mock.txt
>>>
>>> > On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 1:06 AM, Ilyes Gouta <ilyes.gouta at gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >         Hi Adam,
>>> >
>>> >         On Dec 15, 2012 9:48 PM, "Adam Williamson"
>>> >         <awilliam at redhat.com> wrote:
>>> >         >
>>> >         > On Sat, 2012-12-15 at 20:54 +0100, Ilyes Gouta wrote:
>>> >         > > Hi Adam,
>>> >         > >
>>> >         > > On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 8:35 PM, Adam Williamson
>>> >         <awilliam at redhat.com>
>>> >         > > wrote:
>>> >         > >         On Sat, 2012-12-15 at 12:23 +0100, Ilyes Gouta
>>> >         wrote:
>>> >         > >         > Hi,
>>> >         > >         >
>>> >         > >         >
>>> >         > >         > Would it be possible to pull in and package
>>> >         > >         xorg-x11-drv-intel driver
>>> >         > >         > updates more frequently in Fedora?
>>> >         > >         >
>>> >         > >         >
>>> >         > >         > These are kinda critical for the stability of
>>> >         desktop/X.
>>> >         > >
>>> >         > >
>>> >         > >         It sucks if you use an 830 or 845, sure, but
>>> >         that's not many
>>> >         > >         people any
>>> >         > >         more.
>>> >         > >
>>> >         > >
>>> >         > > Nah, I have a GM45, and this particular update breaks the
>>> >         desktop and
>>> >         > > video acceleration (overlay) on my machine.
>>> >         >
>>> >         > > Let's just move to the latest xf86-video-intel 2.20.16
>>> >         update. I'll be
>>> >         > > filing a bugzilla w/ the GPU lockup report.
>>> >         >
>>> >         > I'm confused. If this update breaks your system, why would
>>> >         you want us
>>> >         > to move to it?
>>> >
>>> >         No, the 2.20.14 which is in updates-testing isn't stable. From
>>> >         the changelog, the 2.20.16 looks like it has fixes for the
>>> >         issues reported for GM45.
>>> >
>>> >         -Ilyes
>>> >
>>> >         > --
>>> >         > Adam Williamson
>>> >         > Fedora QA Community Monkey
>>> >         > IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora
>>> >         > http://www.happyassassin.net
>>> >         >
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>>> >
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>>>
>>> --
>>> Sérgio M. B.
>>>
>>> --

I concur: I locally build xorg-x11-drv-intel (including
xf86-video-intel-2.20.16.tar.bz2), updated, and logged out/in.

System does appear snappier, and I have not yet been able to recreate
the hang/crash.

tom
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Tom London