[ANNOUNCE] xf86-video-intel 2.99.904

[Chris Wilson]

On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 11:24:46PM +0200, Łukasz Maśko wrote:
> Dnia czwartek, 10 października 2013 16:28:28 Chris Wilson pisze:
> > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 04:27:20PM +0200, Łukasz Maśko wrote:
> > > Dnia środa, 9 października 2013 17:24:19 Chris Wilson pisze:
> > > > Snapshot 2.99.904 (2013-10-09)
> > > > ==============================
> > > > There is one more feature planned to be completed for 3.0, so time for a
> > > > snapshot beforehand to push out the bug fixes from the last week.
> > > 
> > > I don't know, if it is important, but I'm getting a segfault when I'm
> > > trying to run 2.99.904, while 2.99.903 runs without a problem. Xorg.log
> > > is attached.
> > Users! Preferred-mode strikes again, sorry about that.
> > 
> > commit f0bd716425d1514b62565f9a65397cd1cb2ffb3a
> > Author: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> > Date:   Thu Oct 10 16:22:45 2013 +0100
> > 
> >     sna: Sanitize output->crtc before falling back oto
> > xf86InitialConfiguration
> 
> How should I understand that? Should I simply add Option "AccelMethod" "SNA" 
> to my xorg.conf to make it work?

That is a reference to a patch that fixes the calamity resulting from
breaking out of the initial KMS probe early. The reason for the early
exit is due to a user override in position or mode in xorg.conf.

The choice you have is (a) not to use that xorg.conf, (b) use
Option "AccelMethod" "uxa" or (c) apply the patch (or update if you are
using a distribution that already ships that patch).
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre