Reverting to the intrepid version of the intel driver

[Timo Aaltonen]

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009, Reinhard Tartler wrote:

>
> Hey folks.
>
> At least on my hardware (intel 945GM) intrepid performed much better
> than jaunty. The reason is the upgrade of the intel driver from the 2.4
> branch to 2.6. I've therefore assembled a replacement package that
> reverts the intel driver back to the 2.4 branch.
>
> The instructions how to install that package can be seen here:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReinhardTartler/X/RevertingIntelDriverTo2.4
>
> Please provide feedback on that page. It works at least for me much
> better.
>
> How about adding that package to universe for jaunty?

I'm worried that it would cause support issues when users would report 
bugs against other X packages which in the end might turn out to be due to 
the forward ported -intel-2.4. Also, the package would probably 
(hopefully:) be removed some time during the Karmic cycle, so an upgrade 
path should be provided by making -intel Conflict/Replace the temporary 
package (another diff against Debian).

Because of these problems I'd favor keeping it in a PPA, which would 
ensure that everyone using it should know what they are doing.


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