xf86-video-intel-2.6.3 and xorg-server-1.6.1 … a big fail
26 May 2009
xf86-video-intel-2.6.3 — why do you cause so many problems? Ever since the transition from slow console switching (3 – 5 secs) to fast kernel mode switching (<< 1 sec) you insist on crashing when I kill X.org. Perhaps it's just me — perhaps I'm one of the unfortunate few that cannot have a perfect working system. NO, I do not want to compile X.org without KMS nor do I want to switch to the legacy intel video driver. *sigh*
I will find a fix but I'm afraid that the solution will be a X.org recompile.
Before you ask, xf86-video-intel-2.7.1 doesn't work at all, so I'll need to wait for a more stable release.
More often that not, a keyboard will have extra functionality keys that you can bind to different operations. Xbindkeys makes it easier to make each key perform a specific task.
First, run “xbindkeys -k” to determine the code for a key. For example:
"Scheme Command"
m:0x0 + c:160
NoSymbol
Then change the “Scheme Command” section to the command that you want to run when the key is pressed. For example:
"amixer set Master 5%+"
m:0x0 + c:176
NoSymbol
Place your newly created command in ~/.xbindkeysrc and add xbindkeys to your ~/.xinitrc.
MigrationHeuristic
10 November 2008
An interesting discussion on the freedeskop mailing list revealed that setting MigrationHeuristic to “greedy” in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf may speed up Firefox when using the Intel (intel) drivers.
Read the discussion at http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-May/035451.html.
Automatically logout after X is killed
10 August 2008
Simply alias startx to ‘exec startx’. For added convience, place it in /etc/bashrc, /etc/zshrc, or /etc/profile. Note, that if you run ‘startx 2>&1 | tee startx.log’, this trick will fail.
Changing The Default X Cursor
7 July 2008
Although it took me ages to find out how to change the default X cursor the solution is simple.
1. Install the icon/cursor theme using your default package manager (or extract it to /usr/share/icons)
2. List the contents of your /usr/share/icons directory