topic title: (fixed)Intel driver broke my graphics again
Posts: 609
dark-D
Joined: 02 Jun 2008
#1
latest intel drm update screws my video playback, when i open a video in mplayer the entire computer freezes on a blank screen and no possibility to go to tty.
from what i read on this
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i think my video card was dropped from the main driver.

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inxi -G
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) 
           X.Org: 1.11.2.901 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x800@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 965GM x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.1
if a go through the same troubles i had about 2 years ago with this driver, i will go insane. if someone has suggestions or finds something on the web let me know. i cannot change my graphics card because it's a thinkpad laptop and i neither want to buy a new one. for the time being i had reversed to the testing versions of the drivers (2.4.27)
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#2
Don't know if this will give you any ideas or not. Readout is from my EEEPC 701 and the install is still AntiX 8.5 with current dist-upgrades, with just testing repos enabled.

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$ inxi -G
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller 
           X.Org: 1.10.2.902 driver: intel Resolution: 800x480@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 915GM x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 1.4 Mesa 7.10.3
if a go through the same troubles i had about 2 years ago with this driver, i will go insane.
I feel for you bro. __{{emoticon}}__

You might think of blacklisting the new intel driver after rolling back to the older intel driver that supported your chipset. I have no idea yet how to go about doing this though. Sorry. __{{emoticon}}__
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#3

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Just poking around in the dark darkd.
Posts: 117
buttcoffee
Joined: 20 Aug 2010
#4
you have the same card as me, i think.

do you have this package installed xserver-xorg-video-intel?

it includes these i810, i815, i830, i845, i855, i865, i915, i945 and i965 in it.
Posts: 609
dark-D
Joined: 02 Jun 2008
#5
i do have that package installed. i see that someone has reported the bug
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i read through it and it doesn't say anything about the code clean-up in the driver, i wonder if they are aware of it. i'll keep an eye on the tread and maybe i'll post along if nothing new comes up.