Bug#454361: xserver-xorg-video-intel: Update to new intel driver breaks Enlightenment
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 06:12:05PM +0100, Mike Brodbelt wrote:
> Brice Goglin wrote:
> >On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 12:17:16AM +0000, Mike Brodbelt wrote:
> >>Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> >>Version: 2:2.2.0-1
> >>Severity: normal
> >>
> >>The Enlightenment DR16 window manager uses a pager which takes snapshots
> >>of the active windows, and displays miniature versions of these windows
> >>in the pager. After upgrading the video driver, this functionlality has
> >>broken, and the pager simply displays black squares for window
> >>snapshots. This worked perfectly with xserver-xorg-video-i810 1.7.2-4,
> >>and has broken since upgrade.
> >
> >Does this still happen with latest intel driver from Lenny?
> >And from unstable or experimental?
>
> Yes, however I have some additional information which suggests the bug
> is not actually in the driver.
>
> I recently upgraded the version of the driver on my main desktop
> machine, which is using an ATI card with the radeon driver. As the
> radeon driver defaults to XAA, I forced the driver to EXA mode with:-
>
> Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
>
> After restarting X, I immediately saw the same bug, which I've
> previously seen on an Intel based laptop and a desktop with Intel
> onboard graphics. Package versions are:-
>
>
> xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.12.2-2
> xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3
> xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.1.901-3
If this still happens with both ATI and Intel and recent xserver-xorg-core,
it could be either the server or enlightenment, hard to say...
Brice
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