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bug#28578: xorg not starting on x200 due to recent commit
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Christopher Allan Webber |
Subject: |
bug#28578: xorg not starting on x200 due to recent commit |
Date: |
Tue, 26 Sep 2017 08:06:09 -0500 |
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mu4e 0.9.18; emacs 25.3.1 |
Chris Marusich writes:
> Leo Famulari <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 05:15:02PM -0700, Chris Marusich wrote:
>>> Christopher Allan Webber <address@hidden> writes:
>>>
>>> > The following commit to guix makes it so that I can't start xorg:
>>> >
>>> > c68c201fdd429140da1c606861c9296b9cb01265
>>> > Author: Andy Wingo <address@hidden>
>>> > 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.
I run an x200 as well. In case it is useful, here is the output of
lspci cut down to video-relevant stuff.
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory
Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)