Chris Marusich <cmmarus...@gmail.com> writes: > Leo Famulari <l...@famulari.name> writes: > >> On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 05:15:02PM -0700, Chris Marusich wrote: >>> Christopher Allan Webber <cweb...@dustycloud.org> writes: >>> >>> > The following commit to guix makes it so that I can't start xorg: >>> > >>> > c68c201fdd429140da1c606861c9296b9cb01265 >>> > Author: Andy Wingo <wi...@igalia.com> >>> > CommitDate: Wed Sep 20 15:40:31 2017 +0200 >>> > >>> > gnu: xorg-server: Prefer intel driver only for older GPUs. >>> > >>> > * gnu/packages/xorg.scm (xorg-server): Add patch to only prefer the >>> > intel >>> > driver for older Intel GPUs. >>> > >>> > The commit seems useful, but unfortunately I think I'm not the only x200 >>> > user, and this is breaking things for me! I wonder if there's a way to >>> > keep the commit's purpose/feature without breaking xorg on x200s? >>> >>> For what it's worth, I use an X200, I did a guix pull followed by a >>> system reconfigure just yesterday, and it boots fine for me. I wonder >>> what is different about my setup compared to yours? >> >> I don't know if it's relevant, but note that the X200 and X200s are >> different models. > > It might be relevant. I thought Chris was using the word "x200s" as in > "two or more x200 computers", but perhaps he meant the model "x200s". I > do not have an x200s; I have an x200. > > Also, yes, I use Libreboot, but I am not sure why that would matter for > something like xorg, which comes into action late in the boot process, > long after Libreboot hands off control to the operating system.
FWIW, I use an X200s with Libreboot and I have no problems with Xorg after reconfiguring the system. -- Ricardo GPG: BCA6 89B6 3655 3801 C3C6 2150 197A 5888 235F ACAC https://elephly.net
