Re: i386 DRMKMS/xf86-video-intel results, 5 August 2014

[Robert Swindells <rjs%fdy2.co.uk@localhost>]

"John D. Baker" <jdbaker%mylinuxisp.com@localhost> wrote:
>One glitch is that the xf86-video-intel driver in -current, when compiled
>with GCC 4.8.3, causes stippled regions to render as black.  Examples
>include:
>
>  X server root window when using "-retro" option
>  XTerm and XConsole scroll bars
>  twm active window title bars/inactive window frames
>  root window after 'xsetroot -mod x y ...' command
>
>Building the xf86-video-intel driver with GCC 4.5.4 (with SNA code
>disabled to work around an internal compiler error) and copying the
>"/usr/X11R7/lib/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so*" files into the otherwise
>GCC 4.8.3-built installation produces properly-rendered stippled regions.
>The SNA code is not the source of the problem as building the SNA-disabled
>driver with GCC 4.8.3 still renders stippled regions as black.
>
>Using an installation with no trace of "native" Xorg, the pkgsrc/modular
>Xorg works well and produces properly-rendered stippled regions using
>"x11/xf86-video-intel" (all built with GCC 4.8.3).

Do you see any difference in text created using Xrender with your
different builds ?

Running Firefox is an easy way to try this.

Robert Swindells