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

[Akemi Yagi]

On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 5:45 AM, Rudy Eschauzier <reschauzier at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> The following updated packages are in the elrepo-testing
>> repository:
>>
>> intel-gpu-tools-2.21.2-1.el6.elrepo
>> xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.21.2-1.el6.elrepo
>> xorg-x11-drv-intel-devel-2.21.2-1.el6.elrepo
>>
>> Please test if you can. Any feedback appreciated.
>>
>> Akemi
>
> The driver works well with 6.4. The 2.21 version has stable support for the TearFree option which avoids video tearing. Enable by setting TearFree to true in the config file:
>
> [root at sun ~]# more /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
> Section "Device"
>    Identifier  "Intel Graphics"
>    Driver      "intel"
>    Option      "AccelMethod" "sna"
>    Option      "TearFree" "true"
> EndSection
>
> As a minor comment, the changelog of the spec file mentions version 2.20.19-1.el6.elrepo to be the latest. This should of course be 2.21.2-1.el6.elrepo.
>
> Thanks,
> Rudy.

My bad. Thanks for noticing the error in the version. Thanks for
testing. Will promote the packages after correction.

Akemi