[elrepo-devel] Intel graphics driver 2.21.0 for CentOS 6

[Rudy Eschauzier]

Alright, sounds like you are getting there already.

Please note that the 2.20.19 version of the driver still has trouble using the 'tearfree' option. Full screen (Flash) video stutters severely. This is resolved in 2.21.0.

Also, the 2.21.0 version of the Intel driver adds a dependency on a recent version of the xorg-server that is not met by the 1.10.6-1 version shipped with CentOS 6.3. This is because the number of arguments to the miSourceValidate() function has been reduced.

Attached spec file backports the driver to 1.10.6-1 by including two sed lines that add the missing arguments.

Regards,
Rudy.

--- On Sat, 2/16/13, Amikemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [elrepo-devel] Intel graphics driver 2.21.0 for CentOS 6
> To: "EL Repo Developer Mailing List" <elrepo-devel at lists.elrepo.org>
> Date: Saturday, February 16, 2013, 4:57 PM
> On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 7:34 AM, Rudy
> Eschauzier <reschauzier at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > The intel graphics driver for Sandy Bridge is under
> heavy development. The version shipped with CentOS 6
> (2.15.0) is rather old, and even the one provided by ELRepo
> Extras is getting dated (2.17.0).
> >
> > All of these old drivers do not play video well and
> show noticable 'tearing'. This has only been fully resolved
> in the latest drivers: 2.21.0.
> >
> > I have created a couple of rpm packages that backport
> the 2.21.0 driver to CentOS 6. If anyone is interested, I
> can publish.
> 
> We always welcome contributions.
> 
> As you can see in:
> 
> http://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=345
> 
> we have 2.20.19 in the elrepo-testing repository (which will
> be moved
> to the main repo any time now).
> 
> Akemi
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