[ubuntu-x] testing legacy driver solution to Lucid freeze on 855GM gpu

Michal Bojanowski m.j.bojanowski at uu.nl
Tue Aug 3 00:54:12 BST 2010


On 08/02/2010 10:16 PM, Steven wrote:
> Try running
> sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel
> and see what it wants to remove/install/upgrade/etc. If it doesn't want
> to remove any packages, you should be alright installing it.
>
> xserver-xorg-video-intel is the legacy driver we want to test, so it's
> very important that it gets installed correctly (and also that you test
> it with KMS disabled).
>
> -Steven

When trying to install xserver-xorg-video-intel as you suggested I'm 
getting what's below. Is it OK?

$ sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer 
required:
   libcaca-dev libaudiofile-dev libaudio-dev libpulse-dev libmikmod2-dev
   libxmu-headers libavahi-client-dev libdbus-1-dev libxt-dev libxmu-dev
   libtiff4-dev libesd0-dev libasound2-dev libtiffxx0c2 libslang2-dev
   libavahi-common-dev libaa1-dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
   libx11-xcb1 libxcb-dri2-0
The following NEW packages will be installed:
   libx11-xcb1 libxcb-dri2-0
The following packages will be upgraded:
   xserver-xorg-video-intel



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