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Ahhh, XFree86/Xorg. What a steaming pile of FUBAR it's been. Things are rapidly getting better, though (unfortunately, the [[Linux framebuffer|framebuffer]] kernel layer now seems to be rotting slightly -- there's no intention, from what I can tell, to support [[Intel 965]] for instance). I use [[Intel 965]] video extensively, and have for some time -- info within might only be applicable to that card, and of course all of this may vary based on your [[Debian]] setup.
Ahhh, XFree86/Xorg. What a steaming pile of FUBAR it's been. Things are rapidly getting better, though (unfortunately, the [[Linux framebuffer|framebuffer]] kernel layer now seems to be rotting slightly -- there's no intention, from what I can tell, to support [[Intel 965]] for instance). I use [[Intel 965]] video extensively, and have for some time -- info within might only be applicable to that card, and of course all of this may vary based on your [[Debian]] setup.
==Good links==
* "[http://keithp.com/blogs/Sharpening_the_Intel_Driver_Focus/ Sharpening the Intel Driver Focus]" at Keith Packard's [http://keithp.com/blog/ blog]


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