Over the last couple of months, I have been nagging myself to fix several of the issues with my Linux installation, in particular I need to:
update my kernel (currently 2.6.27-rc9)
get the wacom input device working with the newest xorg-server
add some snaz to my desktop configuration (openbox, dmenu…bleh)
So, sparing you the `wget`ing and `tar -xf`ing, [...]
The latest Xorg video driver for Intel chipsets will probably cause a slowdown in rendering due to a switch from TTM to GEM. GEM is only supported in kernel 2.6.28 and above so it’s recommended that you stick with drivers released before 2.4.3.
More information: http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13922
http://www.x.org/wiki/ttm
Choosing to run the latest kernel means choosing to deal with errors. Luckily, my mileage with 2.6.27-rc2 has been pretty good. Here are a few pointers (and an experimental patch) to use when setting up catalyst-8.7 kernel 2.6.27-rc2.
I created the patch from various components incl.:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=485793
Also, note that I do not have any working [...]
