bug#28578: xorg not starting on x200 due to recent commit

[Chris Marusich]

Christopher Allan Webber <address@hidden> writes:

> The following commit to guix makes it so that I can't start xorg:
>
>   c68c201fdd429140da1c606861c9296b9cb01265
>   Author: Andy Wingo <address@hidden>
>   CommitDate: Wed Sep 20 15:40:31 2017 +0200
>   
>   gnu: xorg-server: Prefer intel driver only for older GPUs.
>   
>   * gnu/packages/xorg.scm (xorg-server): Add patch to only prefer the intel
>     driver for older Intel GPUs.
>
> The commit seems useful, but unfortunately I think I'm not the only x200
> user, and this is breaking things for me!  I wonder if there's a way to
> keep the commit's purpose/feature without breaking xorg on x200s?

For what it's worth, I use an X200, I did a guix pull followed by a
system reconfigure just yesterday, and it boots fine for me.  I wonder
what is different about my setup compared to yours?

-- 
Chris

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