Reverting to the intrepid version of the intel driver

Philip Wyett philwyett at gmx.com
Thu Apr 16 01:55:16 BST 2009


On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 17:41 -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> Some hard numbers comparing performance of different options:
> 
>  http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_intel_greedy

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_intel_greedy&num=1

> 
> Bryce
> 
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 07:48:35AM +0200, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> > 
> > Hey folks.
> > 
> > At least on my hardware (intel 945GM) intrepid performed much better
> > than jaunty. The reason is the upgrade of the intel driver from the 2.4
> > branch to 2.6. I've therefore assembled a replacement package that
> > reverts the intel driver back to the 2.4 branch.
> > 
> > The instructions how to install that package can be seen here:
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReinhardTartler/X/RevertingIntelDriverTo2.4
> > 
> > Please provide feedback on that page. It works at least for me much
> > better.
> > 
> > How about adding that package to universe for jaunty?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Gruesse/greetings,
> > Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4
> > 
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