linux-kernel - Re: [Regression] X server doesn't start on MSI Wind w/ current mainline

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Date:	Mon, 5 Jan 2009 09:48:13 -0800
From:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [Regression] X server doesn't start on MSI Wind w/ current mainline

On Sunday, January 4, 2009 3:11 pm Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Saturday 03 January 2009, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > With the current mainline and the linux-next branch of your pci-2.6 tree
> > on top, the X server doesn't start any more on MSI Wind (Intel hardware)
> > w/ openSUSE 11.1 .
> >
> > I also tested the linux-next branch of the pci-2.6 tree on top of 2.6.28
> > and it doesn't cause any problem with the X server to happen.
>
> Well, I pulled the mainline from today, unsetted DRM_I915_KMS and it works
> again.
>
> BTW, what user land is necessary for the KMS to work?

Ah yeah defaulting to KMS enabled will probably get you undesirable results at 
this point.  You'll need a bleeding edge 2D driver (from xf86-video-intel git) 
and libdrm 2.4.3 to make this all work.  Be sure to pass "--enable-kms" when 
you configure your 2D driver.

-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center

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