If you’re using xrandr on a box with an Intel graphics chip in order to setup your dual displays then you might have noticed that GNOME moves its main panel to the monitor connected to the external VGA port. This happens because the Intel chip says that the external VGA […]
Intel Driver
I’ve noticed a lot of searches on xrandr in my blog stats and have been wondering what the problem is. Xrandr is a command line tool for enabling or disabling multiple display ports on your system as well as setting display resolution and even rotation. You would use it, for […]
Using xrandr with external display ports
Judging from the most used searches and posts (thank you wordpress stats), interest in the Intel Xorg. driver is extremely high. While it’s easy to see that’s true on the X.org mailing list, looking at my own blog stats was the first time I realized other end users were having […]
Intel driver updates: 2.5.99.2 and 2.6.0, plus a little about ...
I was reading various web sites today when I came across an article on ComputerWorld discussion the 5 best features of Linux 2.6.28. On of these items is GEM, the Graphics Execution Manager. This is a new architecture of sorts that allows for better X performance (in a nutshell). Why […]
F10 intel driver: a few more tidbits
My problems with the intel driver provided in the F10 distribution have been resolved. I had to compile the driver manually, along with the libdrm prerequisite, but it was rather painless and surprisingly easy to accomplish. MythTV is now happily serving up live TV and videos on my laptop monitor […]