Intel graphics driver (iegd)

#1 dole

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Posted 19 February 2008 - 11:35 PM

Hello
I am trying to install the new intel driver (IEGD 8) of Fedora 6.
Intel website allows to download rpm package (no tarball - why?) and the latter tells XFree86 is needed. Why, if I use X11? Am I doing the right thing? Is there an updated link to installing the driver?

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#2 dole

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Posted 20 February 2008 - 12:06 AM

The biggest problem: rpm contains a bunch of pre-compiled .so and .o files and the Intel site says that the content of this rpm has to be compiled. How should this be put together?

#3 danleff

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Posted 20 February 2008 - 11:38 PM

Can you supply a link from where you downloaded the software?

Most likely, if this rpm was compiled for Fedora 6, then it is a matter of installing the rpm. The documentation I found on an earlier version stated that it was for Xfree86 and well as X11.

In terms of why rpm rather than a compiler package, you have to ask Intel, if that is who designed the package. Probably has to do with expected dependencies for a tar package that needs to be compiled, rather than an rpm package that may contain all the needed components.

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