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Article from Issue 106/2009

xorg 7.4 Upgrade Problems

Question:

I recently tried upgrading the xserver-xorg-* graphics server and drivers from Debian/unstable and noticed that the Intel (i810/i915) driver has changed. With my old xorg.conf, I get dropped to the text console instead of starting X, and when removing /etc/X11/xorg.conf, as recommended in some forums, I get unacceptably slow performance when running fast games or 3D apps. Should I wait until xorg 7.4 is more mature?

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