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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #462349
  2. Comment #25

Comment 25 for bug 462349

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In , Heikki-salokanto (heikki-salokanto) wrote :

(In reply to comment #13)
> I am having the same trouble I downloaded the latest drivers ran
> ./configure
> make
> make install (as root)
>
> all appeared to work ok but I do not know if and how to use the new driver as
> the program still appears not to render any text.

"make install" places the new drivers in an incorrect directory.

Switch to a text console (ctrl-alt-f1) and execute:
# sudo service gdm stop
# sudo cp /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/* /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers
# sudo service gdm start

Check /var/log/Xorg.0.log for the driver version currently in use. It should say something like:

  (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.6.4, module version = 2.9.1
        Module class: X.Org Video Driver
        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0

Switching to the new drivers solved the problem for me.