[oi-dev] [HEADSUP] X server update in OpenIndiana Hipster

[Nikola M]

On 02/22/15 05:56 PM, Alexander Pyhalov wrote:
> Hi.
> Unfortunately, we hit an issue, when older Intel video drivers don't 
> compile with newer Xorg and newer one require DRM update.
> Until kernel drm work is done vesa driver can be used with Intel chips.
> This sounds awful, but I don't have better sollution now.
>
> https://www.illumos.org/issues/5637

Is there any time frame for DRM update , anyone doing work on this also 
on other illumos desktop distros or we are looking at the dark here?

If issue was known prior to updates, could it be considered to have 
other (older) Xorg packages as current workaround? (And maybe 
auto-selected during update from 20141010 if problem with Intel graphics 
is already known ?)

Intel graphics could be considered as very huge user base problem for 
anyone trying to install Hipster then, I can suppose this can only turn 
more people off.
As I am not to be expected to use OI Hipster for everyday tasks on my 
hardware with current state of drivers, but could keep updating BE and 
try debugging and testing whenever asked.