Re: Is it worth installing FC4?

Charles E Taylor IV wrote:

On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 22:23:26 -0400
Jim Cornette <fc-cornette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The problems with Intel video cards seem to be corrected by replacing
the /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
file from the FC4 version of xorg-x11 with a working
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
from an FC3 working installation, or getting the file from extracting the file from a working rpm for xorg-x11 for FC3.

I upgraded a machine with an Intel 815 and another computer with an Intel 865G video cards and X works, the terminals are less than in working order.
After the FC4 file is replaced with the FC3 file, the terminals are in working order again after you reboot your system.

Now the big question is - does DRI survive an acpi suspend/resume cycle
(or better yet, a swsusp2 suspend/resume cycle) on Intel cideo cards? That's the major hurdle I had to get over with my laptop, and I finally
did it using CVS versions of xorg and a rebuilt kernel with patched i915
driver from Ubuntu. After all, a laptop that can't use suspend and resume
properly is about 1/10 as useful as one that does.

I keep my laptop plugged into the AC adapter. Waiting for the computer to shutdown or powerup is not a problem for me. I'll wait for FC5 to try out suspending with acpi. For the laptop, it has a radeon driver.
With the same driver used for so many Intel video cards, I am not surprised that there are problems with vdeo cards on the high end, as your video cards and middle to lower capable Intel video cards that I have. My Intel video cards are on desktops.

Refresh rate wasn't really an issue for me on this laptop (JVC MP-XV841
subnotebook) - only the nonstandard resolution of 1024x600 gave FC3
trouble, which was corrected easily enough after my FC3 install.

Sorry, I was refering to the hovering mouse around menu items to get them to show up at all and the missing elements with the version of that cae out on the FC3 install discs or DVD. I usually can get 75 or 85 hz refresh rates, depending on my selected video resolution.

Overall, I can see why you would choose to hold back on making an upgrade. With the acpi suspend that you fought to get working for your present installation, it seems more wrk tha just replacing a single file.

Jim

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