Re: Intel i810 graphics

[Jim Cornette <fct-cornette sbcglobal net>]

Mark Guzzo wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've just updated my FC3-T1 and now in X the screen/apps do not get
> refreshed unless I mouse over the area. I tried different resolutions,
> but the problem is still there.
>
> For now I changed the driver in xorg.confg from "i810" to "vesa" and
> everything works great even if it's at 800x600 :-(
>
> [guzmar LORDLINUX ~]$ rpm -q xorg-x11
> xorg-x11-6.7.99.903-1
>
> Should I bugzilla this ?
>
> Mark

http://freedesktop.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1232

is a bug that I filed for a really slow X, lockup and with needing to 
put a mouse across the menu items etc to see bits and pieces of 
programs. There is a driver that I compiled from the source rpms using 
target i686.

If this doesn't help you out, then grab the CDROM installation driver I 
uploaded on bug below.

http://freedesktop.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1086

Or you could try to apply the patch provided in

http://freedesktop.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1084

Any solution would be to file a bug against the i810 driver. Either jump 
on a bug report already filed or add to one with a similar nature and build.

If you do decide to try the binaries that I uploaded, rename the 
original driver that is currently installed in
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers
 to reflect refresh problem. (i810_drv.o.mouse-refresh or something)
Then copy the driver from bug 1086 to 
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/i810_drv.o - When you change your 
xorg.conf back to i810, you might be 3D and higher resolution capable 
until the next version of X with the fix comes in.

When you install the next version of X, the copied and replaced driver 
will be replaced by the newer i810 driver. So to be safe, save the 
working driver copy somewhere safe or vesa agan and stay until the 
working release is available from the repository.


Good luck and misery has company regarding a bumbed i810 driver.

Jim