[SDL] SDL_FullScreen on Intel 945GM graphics

[Chris Pemberton]

On 6/1/07, Chris Pemberton <cjpembo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sitsofe Wheeler wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 20:41 -0500, Chris Pemberton wrote:
> >
> >> The latest intel driver:
> >> xf86-video-intel-2.0.0.tar.bz2
> >> fixes the 1280x800 issue.  I no longer need 915resolution.  I just have
> >> to use "intel" instead of "i810" in the xorg file to get it working.
> >>
> >
> > Looks like you are using the modesetting branch of the intel drivers.
> > This is VERY new and currently under heavy development. Yes, you don't
> > need to poke the video BIOS with i915resolution any more but in adding
> > that all that xrandr and hotpluggy sweetness
> > (http://keithp.com/blog.html ) things are going to be broken. It is
> > probably helpful to file the bug in http://bugs.freedesktop.org/ so that
> > the developers can see it and get round to fixing it. Please also check
> > out the Intel Linux graphics drivers site:
> > http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/index.html .
> >
> >
> I suppose I could revert back to the older i810 driver and see if any
> problems go away.
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I reverted back to an old i810 driver and all my problems vanished.

In case anyone cares, the  2.0.0 version of the Intel drivers pulls a
fast one:  the i810 and intel driver are the exact same driver, so you
have to use a pre-2.0.0 i810 if you want something that works.

Thanks

Chris