Configure xorg.conf to use the "intel" driver.
You should have the following modules loaded automagicaly:
Code:
bash-3.1$ lsmod | grep i915
i915 25600 2
drm 73876 3 i915
The xorgsetup command provided a satisfactory xorg.conf file.
The only issue I have found is a significant delay in goolearth start-up although once started, it works fine. This was solved by compiling and installing the latest mesa package. Slack 12.1 comes with 7.0.2 and the latest is 7.0.3. You can use the slackbuild script in the source directory, but you will need to edit the version number references and comment one of the patch references that specifically referres to a 7.0.2 fix. If you don't use google earth, then I have not had any issues. I have foo billiards and neverputt/ball working fine. glxgears gives around 700 fps at 1440x900
Code:
bash-3.1$ glxgears
3516 frames in 5.0 seconds = 703.132 FPS
3559 frames in 5.0 seconds = 711.796 FPS
3559 frames in 5.0 seconds = 711.747 FPS
3560 frames in 5.0 seconds = 711.943 FPS
3551 frames in 5.0 seconds = 710.078 FPS
3531 frames in 5.0 seconds = 706.116 FPS
bash-3.1$
hth