https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772279 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772279#c7 --- Comment #7 from Richard Bos <richard.bos@xs4all.nl> 2012-07-21 08:50:26 UTC --- A couple of things: I was able to install the original xf86-video-intel of OS-12.2 beta-2 back on my system :), by: - Mount -o loop <OS-12.2 beta-2 iso image> /mnt - Copied from /mnt the xf86-video-intel-2.19.0_20120601_8eed569-3.2.1.x86_64.rpm to the Cedar system - On the Cedar system mount <OS-12.2 beta-2 partition> on /mnt - Copied xf86-video-intel-2.19.0_20120601_8eed569-3.2.1.x86_64.rpm to /mnt/var/tmp - chroot'ed to /mnt - removed xf86-video-intel (rpm -e) - Installed previous xf86-video-intel rpm, using: rpm -Uvh /var/tmp/xf86-video-intel-2.19.0_20120601_8eed569-3.2.1.x86_64.rpm Rebooted system all is fine! My gfx card information is: cedar:~ # hwinfo --gfxcard 09: PCI 02.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA) [Created at pci.319] Unique ID: _Znp.JHc5nQ+JrfB SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:00:02.0 Hardware Class: graphics card Model: "Intel VGA compatible controller" Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation" Device: pci 0x0be2 SubVendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation" SubDevice: pci 0x2012 Revision: 0x09 Driver: "gma500" Driver Modules: "drm" Memory Range: 0x80500000-0x805fffff (rw,non-prefetchable) I/O Ports: 0x30d0-0x30d7 (rw) IRQ: 42 (no events) I/O Ports: 0x3c0-0x3df (rw) Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d00000BE2sv00008086sd00002012bc03sc00i00" Driver Info #0: Driver Status: gma500_gfx is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe gma500_gfx" Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown I never ever configured the gfxcard manually. At least not that I'm aware of. I just run the openSUSE installer and after installation, the video is there.
But this does not explain, why it ever worked before. Unless before the update fbdev X driver was configured manually. But why? And why did this change during the update?
Fortunately both src.rpms (2.19 and 2.20) are available at: http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.2/src/ I made a diff between, you can find it attached. It is not just a small patch, but a rather big file (over 30.000 lines!). The change notes starts with: Release 2.12.0 (2012-07-15) =========================== First the big news, a new acceleration method that aims to be faster and consume far less CPU than UXA is now available for selection at runtime. This snazzy new architecture can be selected through use of Option "AccelMethod" "sna" in your xorg.conf. Whilst it has been under development for some time, it has not yet had the same degree of widespread testing of UXA, so tread lightly. Try it and if you spot anything that can be improved, please do report a bug. <<<< >>>>> Thus it is not a trivial update, but introduces a new feature. ps: the version number is first line is wrong. It states 2.12.0, it should be 2.20.0 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.