With these two settings now kdm, xdm and slim work as expected; previously the username and the password echo did not show properly. Now my Intel graphics works rather well. I get hangs only when I run some of the xscreensaver demos in full screen mode, rendering the mouse/keyboard unresponsive - but the power off button brings orderly shutdown.
On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 at 14:11, Ron Georgia <[email protected]> wrote: > > Update: > Using "modesetting" did clear up the issue. > Keeping the Driver as "intel" and setting "TearFree" to "true" with > "AccelMethod" set to "sna" also worked. > Not sure how this email group looks on adding links to emails. I found some > info on TearFree and sna on askubuntu and the Archlinux wiki. > > Here's a good resource for explaining a little about TearFree and sna. > (archlinux wiki, search intel_graphics#Tearing) > > > On 4/12/19, 5:08 AM, "Benny Siegert" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't think this is related to xf86. I started seeing these issues > when upgrading my kernel to the latest version while keeping all the > userland as is. So I assume it is related to an updated Intel kernel > driver. > > I haven't tried but perhaps the "NoTear" option to the Xorg intel > driver would help? > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 11:39 PM matthew green <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > i am fairly sure the new display glitches you are seeing are > > related to the newer xf86-video-intel driver. > > > > can people who are seeing issues not related to GL/Mesa try > > forcing the "modesetting" driver instead? see if that makes > > things go away? i am probably going to revert the driver in > > -current until someone fixes the new one, and perhaps make > > the new one optional since it works better for me on > > kabylake, but it would be nice to know if modesetting helps > > fix some problems. > > > > thanks. > > > > > > .mrg. > > > > -- > Benny > > > -- ----
