xorg-x11-drv-intel

Updated versions of the xorg-x11-drv-intel and libdrm packages, along with associated development and build dependency packages, have been released to the elrepo-extras repo. It should be noted that, when installed, they will overwrite the corresponding packages in the EL6 distribution. These packages may be used with the corresponding Mesa 3D and VAAPI GPU driver and library packages.

See the Intel Linux Graphics page for background.

The following packages are included:

i386:
intel-gpu-tools-2.17.0-1.el6.elrepo.i686.rpm
libdrm-2.4.27-1.el6.elrepo.i686.rpm
libdrm-devel-2.4.27-1.el6.elrepo.i686.rpm
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.17.0-1.el6.elrepo.i686.rpm
xorg-x11-drv-intel-devel-2.17.0-1.el6.elrepo.i686.rpm
xorg-x11-proto-devel-7.6-17.el6.elrepo.noarch.rpm
xorg-x11-util-macros-1.15.0-1.el6.elrepo.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
intel-gpu-tools-2.17.0-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
libdrm-2.4.27-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
libdrm-devel-2.4.27-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.17.0-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-drv-intel-devel-2.17.0-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-proto-devel-7.6-17.el6.elrepo.noarch.rpm
xorg-x11-util-macros-1.15.0-1.el6.elrepo.noarch.rpm

SRPMS:
libdrm-2.4.27-1.el6.elrepo.src.rpm
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.17.0-1.el6.elrepo.src.rpm
xorg-x11-proto-devel-7.6-17.el6.elrepo.src.rpm
xorg-x11-util-macros-1.15.0-1.el6.elrepo.src.rpm

These packages are currently available in the elrepo-extras repository. Please report any problems via the bug tracker.

A CentOS forum user reports having to add nomodeset to the kernel boot parameters to avoid a white screen.

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A new set of packages using an update to libdrm-2.4.31-3.el6.elrepo has been released to the elrepo-testing repository. These package are built from sources at the Intel site, and are based on Fedora SRPMS as a starting point.

http://intellinuxgraphics.org/2012.02.html

The following packages, in build order, are currently syncing to the
mirrors:
i386:
drm-utils-2.4.31-3.el6.elrepo.i686.rpm
libdrm-2.4.31-3.el6.elrepo.i686.rpm
libdrm-devel-2.4.31-3.el6.elrepo.i686.rpm
intel-gpu-tools-2.17.0-2.el6.elrepo.i686.rpm
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.17.0-2.el6.elrepo.i686.rpm
xorg-x11-drv-intel-devel-2.17.0-2.el6.elrepo.i686.rpm


x86_64:
drm-utils-2.4.31-3.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
libdrm-2.4.31-3.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
libdrm-devel-2.4.31-3.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
intel-gpu-tools-2.17.0-2.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.17.0-2.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
xorg-x11-drv-intel-devel-2.17.0-2.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
libdrm-2.4.31-3.el6.elrepo.src.rpm
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.17.0-2.el6.elrepo.src.rpm

It should be noted that, when installed, they will overwrite the corresponding packages in the EL6 distribution. These packages may be used with the corresponding Mesa 3D and VAAPI GPU driver and library packages. End user testing of these packages and feed-back via the mailing list or bug reporting system will be appreciated, and will enable eventual promotion to the elrepo-extras repository.

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