[Intel-gfx] many regressions in X support on Dell C400 with Mandriva 2009.1

[Daniel J Blueman]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Götz Waschk <goetz.waschk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Götz Waschk <goetz.waschk at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm using Mandriva 2009.1 on a Dell C400 machine. After the initial
>> installation X did not start at all, that's why I have added the third
>> party rpm repository by Colin Guthrie:
>> http://tmb.kkc.fi/Kernels/Intel-2009.1/i586/
>>
>> So now I have pretty recent versions of Mesa, the Intel driver and the
>> kernel, still many things don't work. For instance, Google Earth locks
>> my machine.
>>
>> Stuff like watching youtube videos, that worked smoothly on Mandriva
>> 2009.0 with the Intel driver 2.4.2 are now just slideshows with 1
>> frame per second.
>>
>> What can I do to get a decently working X on this machine?
>>
>> I can provide more information on this machine if needed. The graphics
>> chip in the C400 is called 82830  CGC.
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> can someone please answer my mail?

glxinfo shows the Intel + MESA libraries are correct in use with
direct rendering enabled, yes?
-- 
Daniel J Blueman