Intel i8xx video problems

John Ellson ellson at research.att.com
Sat Oct 16 17:07:39 UTC 2004


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.
>
>  
>

Sounds similar to Bug #132267,  but it seems that you've identfied a 
different workaround.

You might want to add to the bug report.

John




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