Michael Hirmke composed on 2018-12-20 04:57 (UTC-0500):
2. What in general is the best X11 driver for the 620 chip at the moment - intel or modesetting? And why?
IMO: modesetting Why 1: it's the only X driver I've used with any gpu that supports it since I discovered it at least two years ago Why 2: last official release of xf86-video-intel was more than 3.5 years ago: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel/ Why 3: ISTR on the intel-gfx mailing list a while back seeing mention that primary focus by those paid by Intel for Linux driver work was on the modesetting driver Why 4: It's been the apparent default in Debian and other distros for quite some time: https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/linux-graphics-x-org-drivers/intel-lin... https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/linux-graphics-x-org-drivers/intel-lin... Why 5: I've seen nothing to explain why the foundational differences between the way the two work might suggest one or the other might be theoretically better of not better in practice Why 6: history in forums of gfx problems disappearing when xf86-video-intel is uninstalled Why 7: at least in theory, unnecessary to switch X configuration to use a different driver when a gfxcard is added to or removed from a PCIe slot in a motherboard with both Intel CPU and video output ports -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner@opensuse.org