On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 5:07 AM, Timo Aaltonen <tjaalton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 29.02.2016, 16:47, Hans de Goede kirjoitti: >> sna has no meaningfull accel for gen9+, this causes problems with i.e. >> apps using XVideo since the sprite XVideo support does not work well >> for many apps. >> >> Therefor it is better to just let the xserver fall back to modesetting + >> glamor. This is implemented by returning FALSE from the probe methods, >> just like how nouveau handles falling back to modesetting for newer cards. >> >> BugLink: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1305369 >> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> > > I've been trying to make this work, but there are cases where it fails bad: > > # a config file with a Device section that loads 'intel' makes the > server fail > [ 10.153] (EE) No devices detected. > [ 10.153] (EE) > Fatal server error: > [ 10.153] (EE) no screens found(EE) I'd be awfully tempted to call that NOTABUG.. I mean, it would fail in same way if you had a .conf that tried to force ati ddx on a system without a radeon card.. BR, -R > ie. no fallback in that case > > # with X run as root (wrapper or not), same thing different cause > [ 145.943] (EE) modeset(0): drmSetMaster failed: Invalid argument > [ 145.943] (EE) > Fatal server error: > [ 145.943] (EE) AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0 > > > but it does work with startx run by a user. Tests done on Debian with > 1.18.1 and intel ddx git. > > -- > t > _______________________________________________ > Intel-gfx mailing list > Intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
