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

[Christopher Allan Webber]

Chris Marusich writes:

> 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?

Not sure.  Are you running libreboot?