With the move of xf86-video-intel 2.10.0 to extra, support for UMS has been removed from the intel driver. This means that KMS is a requirement now.
xf86-video-intel only supports KMS now
Feb. 11, 2010 - Jan de Groot
Feb. 11, 2010 - Jan de Groot
With the move of xf86-video-intel 2.10.0 to extra, support for UMS has been removed from the intel driver. This means that KMS is a requirement now.