From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christopher Allan Webber Subject: bug#28578: xorg not starting on x200 due to recent commit Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 10:23:02 -0500 Message-ID: <87a81k86jt.fsf@dustycloud.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34263) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dw8lK-0006uB-AE for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2017 11:24:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dw8lG-0003ff-CR for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2017 11:24:06 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:47521) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dw8lG-0003fV-8j for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2017 11:24:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dw8lG-0003xQ-21 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2017 11:24:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34192) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dw8kR-0006ll-FV for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2017 11:23:12 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dw8kN-0003Hm-Hd for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2017 11:23:11 -0400 Received: from dustycloud.org ([50.116.34.160]:35108) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dw8kN-0003Hc-D8 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2017 11:23:07 -0400 Received: from oolong (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dustycloud.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CD4CE266E7 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2017 11:23:03 -0400 (EDT) List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: 28578@debbugs.gnu.org The following commit to guix makes it so that I can't start xorg: c68c201fdd429140da1c606861c9296b9cb01265 Author: Andy Wingo 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?