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

[Leo Famulari]

On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 05:15:02PM -0700, Chris Marusich wrote:
> 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?

I don't know if it's relevant, but note that the X200 and X200s are
different models.

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