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Date:      Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:47:03 +0000
From:      Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>
To:        Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>
Cc:        freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: i915 DRI broken after upgrade to 7.0-Release
Message-ID:  <1204728423.2126.221.camel@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <200803051355.m25DtHvm002732@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <200803051355.m25DtHvm002732@lurza.secnetix.de>

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On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 14:55 +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Sorry for replying to myself, but there's one thing I
> forgot:
>=20
> I noticed there are two different drivers that support
> my hardware, one is called "i810" and the other "intel".
> I tried both, but it doesn't seem to make a difference.
> I used the i810 driver before the upgrade when everything
> was working, so I'm using that one now, too.  Is there
> a reason why I should use the "intel" driver instead?
> Why do they both exist anyway?
>=20
> Best regards
>    Oliver
>=20

i810 driver is version 1.6.?=20
The next version of the driver is version 2.0, when it was renamed to
intel. The latest 'intel' driver is the latest update of the i810
driver.

They both exist because they require slightly different configuration,
and some users have had problems with the intel driver. Personally, I
think the intel driver is brilliant, supports dri and xrandr perfectly.

I've attached my config for the intel driver, showing a dual screen
setup for my laptop. The DRI has limits on the available virtual screen
size, my two screens add up to a virtual of 2680x1050, which is above
the maximum of 2048 in any dimension. Basically, if you want DRI, find
the "Virtual" portion of the "Screen" and change it to "Virtual 2048
2048". If you need bigger, adjust it appropriately, but you will lose
DRI.

Tom

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