Fwd: [ANNOUNCE] xf86-video-intel 2.20.16

[Tom London]

On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Tom London <selinux at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
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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.
>

Sigh.  Spoke too soon. Hang resurfaced. See:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=877461

tom
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Tom London