terrible gui performance with i915 built in[solved]

[Adel Ahmed]

if I build i915 as a module, my second monitor isn't started automatically and needs special handling when coming out of power saving timeouts(switch to another tty and back)
if I build it into the kernel, the above problem does not happen, but it takes 2 seconds to switch from 1 application to another, 1 few secodns to runa command on xfce4-terminal...etc

how can I resolve either problem.
here's my kernel config:
https://dpaste.com/GZNLP6F8Z

graphics card:

[pietinger]

Please read this "Compressed firmware support does not apply to firmware images that are built into the kernel image" in this chapter:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Pietinger/Tutorials/Manual_kernel_configuration#Driver_needs_Firmware

I guess you have some "... -2" errors in your "dmesg". If you want it built-in remove the compression USE-flag on your package "linux-firmware" (and then re-emerge it) and change this also here:

[Adel Ahmed]

excellent, that solves it, thank you

[pietinger]