Comment 335 for bug 541511

I appreciate the effort of all the people trying to fix this problem, but please let me ask a question: Would it be possible to make the "legacy" driver work with current X.org again? Wouldn't that be easier than trying to fix the bug? It is hard to believe the bug will ever get fixed. It only affects old hardware, so I don't think Intel (or any other employer) is willing to spend money on this...

I remember there was a "legacy" driver in early 2009 that *just* *worked*. (ArchLinux had a package called xf86-video-intel-legacy.) It was meant to be a temporary workaround before this bug is *fixed*. Unfortunately and despite the fact that the bug has not been fixed, all the support for the legacy driver has been dropped months ago.

There has been (de facto) no support for old Intel graphic chipsets on Linux since April 2009. :-( Using 1-year-old packages is not an option for most people. If the legacy driver could work with the latest X.org again, it would be just great...