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

[Chris Marusich]

Leo Famulari <address@hidden> writes:

> 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.

It might be relevant.  I thought Chris was using the word "x200s" as in
"two or more x200 computers", but perhaps he meant the model "x200s".  I
do not have an x200s; I have an x200.

Also, yes, I use Libreboot, but I am not sure why that would matter for
something like xorg, which comes into action late in the boot process,
long after Libreboot hands off control to the operating system.

-- 
Chris

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