Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 - Revision history

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2010-05-24T17:10:58Z

‎ThinkPads this chip may be found in

2010-04-16T08:57:29Z

‎Issues

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2010-03-19T08:38:11Z

‎Disabling KMS

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‎Intel video driver

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 * {{T60}}
 * {{X60}}, {{X60s}}, {{X60_Tablet}}
-* {{Z61t}}, {{Z61e}}
+* {{Z61t}}, {{Z61e}}, {{Z61m}}
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     else
       /usr/bin/gconftool-2 --type string --set /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/videosink autovideosink
 === Configuration===

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   gconftool-2 --type bool --set /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager false
-'''Disable XV'''
+'''Disable XV''' <br>
-For Gstreamer enabled apps this can be set globally, for other apps you will have to dig into their settings.
+This will cause much higher CPU usage, but only during video playback. For Gstreamer enabled apps this can be set globally, for other apps you will have to dig into their settings.
   gconftool-2 --type string --set /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/videosink ximagesink

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 ==== Issues ====
-The chip is hardware limited to a 2048x2048 display area. With some tricks the developers have allowed virtual desktop size up to 4096x4096 making extended desktop use possible. However running with a display area larger then 2048x2048 (either horizontally and/or vertically) there are some limitations;
+The chip has hardware limitations when the display area exceeds 2048 pixels (horizontally or vertically), which is why earlier versions of the driver did not even try to support it. Here are the limitations you may run into when running dual-display Extended desktop.
 * 3D acceleration is limited (compiz will crash, or with some older software stacks may even freeze the system) [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513736]
 * Xvideo does not work (black or empty video window) [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=497069]

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   disablexv=0
   for output in $(/usr/bin/xrandr -d :0.0 --verbose| \
-                  /bin/grep "Screen 0"|/usr/bin/awk '{print $8} {print $10}'| \
+                  /bin/grep "Screen 0"| \
                   /usr/bin/awk -F, '{print $1}')
     do

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 === Disabling KMS ===
-If KMS causes you problems, you can disable it and return to user mode setting (UMS) by booting with the {{bootparm|nomodeset|}} kernel boot option. Note that this will no longer be an option starting with version 2.10 of the Intel Xorg driver as UMS support has been dropped.
+If KMS causes you problems, you can disable it and return to user mode setting (UMS) by booting with the {{bootparm|nomodeset|}} kernel boot option. Note that this is no longer an option starting with version 2.10 of the Intel Xorg driver as UMS support has been dropped.
 == User mode setting (UMS) ==

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 = Intel video driver =
 The Intel opensource videodriver is maintained by Intel at [http://intellinuxgraphics.org/ intellinuxgraphics.org].
-Intel releases a new driver once per quarter. The latest stable release is 2.9.
+Intel releases a new driver once per quarter. The latest stable release is 2.10.
 == Kernel mode setting (KMS) ==

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 ==== Issues ====
 The chip is hardware limited to a 2048x2048 display area. With some tricks the developers have allowed virtual desktop size up to 4096x4096 making extended desktop use possible. However running with a display area larger then 2048x2048 (either horizontally and/or vertically) there are some limitations;
-* 3D acceleration is disabled (compiz will crash, or with some older software stacks may even freeze the system) [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513736]
+* 3D acceleration is disabled, even though glxinfo still reports it is being enabled (compiz will crash, or with some older software stacks may even freeze the system) [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513736]
 * Xvideo does not work (black video window) [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=497069]
 For the Xvideo issue a workaround is possible but not yet implemented
 === Configuration===
 In this mode, ideally you do not configure any settings through xorg.conf but by using xrandr, or a graphical front-end to RandR such as gnome-display-settings.