Bug#457996: xserver-xorg-video-intel: fonts and icons illegible; console fonts missing

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

tags 457996 +fixed-upstream
thank you



Brenda J. Butler wrote:
> > There's also a patch in 
> > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=12993 which should solve the 
> > problem even without the above config line. It would be nice to test it 
> > since I don't remember anybody else having this problem on an i865 board. 
> > If you need help to rebuild the driver with this patch, see 
> > http://bgoglin.livejournal.com/10936.html and feel free to ask.
> >     
>
> (xf86-video-intel commit 96246c27cb836bae8ee02c46c68a1f2102efd14b)
>
> This worked great!  The kdm full-page graphic (root window) looks fine,
> the text is legible.  After logging in, all the text in the KDE desktop
> (menus, panel, in konsole, window title, everywhere) looks great, all the
> icons are crisp and clear.  Alt-F1 brings me a console that I can log in
> on and the monitor does not immediately go to power-save mode.
>   

Good to know. Driver 2.2.1 is expected within a couple weeks, we'll put 
it in unstable immediately.

> Thank you to Brice for his quick response to my bug and for his
> excellent instructions for trying the patch.
>
> And thanks to sooperkul on irc.oftc.net #debian for identifying the right
> place for me to put the bug for a speedy resolution.
>   

You're very welcome.

> bjb
> "not so scared of X problems any more"
>   

:)

Brice