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

[Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>]

Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com> writes:

> Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> writes:
>
>> On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 05:15:02PM -0700, Chris Marusich wrote:
>>> Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org> writes:
>>> 
>>> > The following commit to guix makes it so that I can't start xorg:
>>> >
>>> >   c68c201fdd429140da1c606861c9296b9cb01265
>>> >   Author: Andy Wingo <wingo@igalia.com>
>>> >   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.

FWIW, I use an X200s with Libreboot and I have no problems with Xorg
after reconfiguring the system.

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Ricardo

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