[elrepo] Intel video on CentOS 6.4 - elrepo libdrm/libva/mesa vs updates

[Akemi Yagi]

On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Matt Garman <matthew.garman at gmail.com> wrote:
> (I originally replied to Andrey off-list, but after thinking about it some
> more, believe it's relevant to the elrepo list in general.)
>
> One of the biggest differences between my install (vaapi not working) and
> Andrey's (vaapi working) is the source of some key packages, particularly
> libdrm, libva, and mesa.  (See below for his package list versus mine.)
>
> In short, I'm using the libdrm and mesa packages from CentOS's "updates"
> repository, which are newer than that of elrepo.  I know this wasn't
> originally the case, as when I first started messing with all this, elrepo
> was way ahead of the upstream release.  But at some point it seems upstream
> leap-frogged elrepo.

I think the distro version became newer as of EL6.4. Updating the
elrepo packages is on the ToDo list here:

http://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=405

Until that happens or unless newer version is desirable, it is best to
use the distro-supplied packages at the moment.

By the way, we currently do not have a maintainer for those Intel
packages (part of the reasons why it is delayed). Anyone interested in
taking on the mission? :)

Akemi