Intel I8xx video problem

[Jim Cornette]

Daniel Veillard wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 03:27:21PM -0400, Jim Cornette wrote:
> 
>>Mike Lurk wrote:
>>
>>>In addition to my last email the Xorg-X11 release that worked the best
>>>was Xorg-X11 6.8.1-4. With the addition of the line in xorg.config (as
>>>in the previous email). Everything worked properly. I found out it was
>>>Xorg that was killing X not the kernel. Right now I am running kernel
>>>2.6.8-1.624 and everything is ok, openGL is a little slow but that is
>>>about it.
>>>
>>>Mike
>>>
>>
>>Just as another point of data, I am running xorg-x11-6.8.1-6 and 
>>reverted to kernel-2.6.8-1.541 and am using 1280x1024 @ 24bpp. I have no 
>>options inserted in the xorg.conf (All NoAccel and the individualized 
>>parameters are commented out).
>>Also, this problem appeared to me before upgrading X. I believe the -607 
>>kernel worked with the older versions of X. It did not work after 
>>upgrading xorg-x11 though.
>>Basically, both X and the kernel seem to have some interaction.
>>
>>Jim
>>
>>---------------------------------
>>most recent xorg-x11 changes:
>> Add xorg-x11-6.8.1-disable-dri-option.patch, which adds XF86Free-DRI
>>  to the list of extensions that can be disabled using the -extension
>>  command line switch.
> 
> 
>   might be an rhgb/xorg-x11 related problem. Try to run with the latest
> rhgb-0.14.1-1 and the latest xorg-x11 with the XF86Free-DRI extension
> patch. This may solve a lot of problems.
> 
> Daniel
> 

I usually boot using runlevel 3 and without rhgb. After some reading of 
the bug report and mention of a possible interference from rhgb, I added 
rhgb 5 to my grub.conf file. The performance of X was the same, with or 
without rhgb.

A strange item with the rhgb that I tried was that it would keep 
switching between the brief presentation screen and the detail screen. I 
usually try to run in detailed mode and had to click the details button 
several times. When I allowed rhgb to boot in the brief mode, it would 
switch between detailed and brief mode at different times, while booting.

Also, at the screen resolution that I usually use, dri is not active. If 
I run at a resolution and bpp that allows dri to be enabled, it is not 
the refresh problem that is present. The problem only was that switching 
to a regular terminal would completely kill the server. (As noted by 
Mike Klinke)

Anyway, I'll boot with the latest version of rhgb and note the 
improvements made to rhgb and to see if any interaction with X can be 
detected.

Thanks,

Jim