Using Intel versus modesetting driver in Slackware-current
by hazel from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5FSMC)
I have a partial Slackware-current installation which is going to become Slackware 15 when they go beyond alpha. Earlier I found that I was getting weird effects in some software when using the intel driver in X, something I haven't seen elsewhere. Basically I couldn't scroll up. I could scroll down OK and I could page up and down using the keyboard, but scrolling up with the mouse produced a broken display with two lines repeating endlessly.
Not everything was affected: for example gvim was fine. But vim on an xterm misbehaved and so did the graphical version of links.
Now I'm using the modesetting driver and everything seems to be working normally. I was always told before to use the specific driver for your card if you can because it's better and faster, but a quick google suggests that this advice is out of date.
What do people think?
Not everything was affected: for example gvim was fine. But vim on an xterm misbehaved and so did the graphical version of links.
Now I'm using the modesetting driver and everything seems to be working normally. I was always told before to use the specific driver for your card if you can because it's better and faster, but a quick google suggests that this advice is out of date.
What do people think?