[PC-BSD Testing] PC-BSD 8.1 RC1 - thoughts and ideas

[Arthur Koziol]

> - generally very stable, though KDE crashed twice, but that could be 
> due to the motherboard (Dell Optiplex GX620 with integrated Intel 
> graphics).

Gerard,

The Intel graphics driver is probably the culprit. Even on my Dell 
Optiplex 960 abuse box I was able to crash KDE with RC1. Sadly there 
hasn't been a bump to the Intel driver in eons because of KMS and DRM 
work that Intel did to the 2.8.0 (and up) driver. That's stuff that's 
currently only benefiting the Linux people in the newer distros using 
the more current Intel driver from 2.8.0 onward. The KMS and DRM stuff 
hasn't yet made it's was to BSD either so those of use with Intel IGPs 
are a bit stuck until the driver gets updated or KMS/DRM work to take 
advantage of the 2.8.0 or newer driver features gets worked into 8.2/9.0.

Arthur