[Intel-gfx] Upgrading xserver-xorg-video-intel removed skylake support?

[Clemens Eisserer]

Hi,

Any idea what's going on?
>
> For now, I had to go back:
> saruman:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i xserver-xorg-video-intel_2%
> 3a2.99.917+git20160218-1_amd64.deb xserver-xorg-video-intel-dbg_
> 2%3a2.99.917+git20160218-1_amd64.deb xserver-common_2%3a1.18.1-1_all.deb
> xserver-xorg-core_2%3a1.18.1-1_amd64.deb
>

Because the intel DDX driver didn't have a stable release for years, many
distributions decided to go with modesetting + glamor acceleration instead:
https://tjaalton.wordpress.com/2016/07/23/intel-graphics-gen4-and-newer-now-defaults-to-modesetting-driver-on-x/

- Clemens
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