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-rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml | 17 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix | 2 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml index 269f27f74fbde..cec399b621999 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1903.xml @@ -604,7 +604,22 @@ The kubernetes module does no longer add the kubernetes package to <varname>environment.systemPackages</varname> implicitly. </para> - </listitem> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The <literal>intel</literal> driver has been removed from the default list of + <link linkend="opt-services.xserver.videoDrivers">X.org video drivers</link>. + The <literal>modesetting</literal> driver should take over automatically, + it is better maintained upstream and has less problems with advanced X11 features. + Some performance regressions on some GPU models might happen. + Some OpenCL and VA-API applications might also break + (Beignet seems to provide OpenCL support with + <literal>modesetting</literal> driver, too). + Users who need this functionality more than multi-output XRandR are advised + to add `intel` to `videoDrivers` and report an issue (or provide additional + details in an existing one) + </para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> </section> diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix index 34ae8c11a3f0c..34fbefa4256bd 100644 --- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix +++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ in videoDrivers = mkOption { type = types.listOf types.str; # !!! We'd like "nv" here, but it segfaults the X server. - default = [ "ati" "cirrus" "intel" "vesa" "vmware" "modesetting" ]; + default = [ "ati" "cirrus" "vesa" "vmware" "modesetting" ]; example = [ "ati_unfree" "amdgpu" "amdgpu-pro" "nv" "nvidia" "nvidiaLegacy340" "nvidiaLegacy304" |