i945GM - Google Earth drmWaitVBlank problem.

Colin Guthrie gmane at colin.guthr.ie
Mon Nov 6 11:39:10 PST 2006


Keith Packard wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 11:26 +0000, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> 
>> do_wait: drmWaitVBlank returned -1, IRQs don't seem to be working correctly.
>> Try running with LIBGL_THROTTLE_REFRESH and LIBL_SYNC_REFRESH unset.
> 
> You probably need a new i915 kernel module along with your driver
> upgrade; that was extended to support selecting the vblank signal
> dynamically.

Ahhh dammit! Nothing's simple eh? :D

Here was me just singing the modular drivers ease of upgrade as well...

/me curses and wonders off to patch his kernel....

Cheers for the feedback.

FWIW, will I need a new Mesa DRI thingy too?

Col.




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