On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 02:16:34PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote > On 05/10/2013 02:04 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > > What settings do I use for VIDEO_CARDS= in make.conf? Is "intel" good > > enough? > > That's what I have.
I just remembered "an excellent adventure" I had several months ago when setting up my HTPC (desktop Intel with onboard GPU). Do you get any hits when you run... grep 965 /var/log/Xorg.0.log Let me know if you do, because it would affect what I need to do. If you see complaints about not being able to find a driver, for a trial run, which doesn't make any permanent changes, try (one long line)... USE="-video_cards_i915 video_cards_i965 classic" emerge -pv --deep --changed-use @world The permanent equivalant would be changing to... VIDEO_CARDS="intel i965" ...in your make.conf, adding the "classic" USE flag if you don't already have it, and running... emerge --deep --changed-use @world As near as I can tell... * the kernel uses an i915 driver * userspace programs (e.g. mesa) default to a userspace i915 driver. * but they can use the additional capacity of the newer Intel chips, hence the i965 userspace driver * result is faster acceleration You may need both "classic" and "gallium" USE flags. If you do make this change, can you do a video speedtest/benchmark before and after? -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
