Intel i8xx video problems

Dave Jones davej at redhat.com
Sat Oct 16 17:40:54 UTC 2004


On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 12:43:05PM -0400, Mike Lurk wrote:
 > I think I might have stumbled onto something here for the problem with
 > the intel video drivers and openGL. Currently I am running FC3 T3
 > updated the kernel to 624 and the latest Xorg-X11 files. I was getting a
 > lot of garbled pixels and the screen wouldn't refresh its self, so I did
 > a lot of searching and I found something on the Xine web site referring
 > to a problem with blue screens and other stuff with the Xine player. I
 > followed their instructions and it fixed most of the problems I am
 > having with the Intel I8xx video. This is what I did;
 > 
 > added the following to  Section "Device" in xorg.config
 > Option      "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" 
 > 
 > I am still having issues but it is bearable for now.
 > 
 > Funny thing everything was running good until I updated to kernel 624
 > and the latest xorg files. Go figure.

The latest kernel has a broken change that breaks quite a bit
of userspace. I'll be pushing out another kernel 'soon', but
need to tackle 1-2 other problems first.

		Dave




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