[Vectorlinux-devel] Intel graphics problem

[M0E L. <m0...@gm...>]

We have a problem in the works here guys.
I discovered this while trying to get some eye-candy out of KDE. I
noticed it would not enable some stuff like transparency, etc.

so I did glxinfo | grep render and it gave me this: Failed to
initialize TTM buffer manager.  Falling back to classic.

If you google that, you'll find a lot of hits suggesting it's due to
missing GEM support from the kernel.
http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_28#head-b957b19f6139b6bbbfabaf790bf643b1746985d6

I dont know what would be easier, downgrade to an older xorg|intel
driver or enabling support fo this in the kernel, which also requires
a newer kernel.

GEM support is still in development from what I see.
Just thought I'd throw this out there. I can see this being a problem
flooding the forums with "OMG I can't run compiz on this" threads.