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I'll try what you did tomorrow, but I did actually get instructions from him on how he did it, if anyone else would like to give it a go.

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For Ubuntu just follow these steps ( other distributions are pretty similar just the package manager is different )

First Step:
install the appropriate Linux kernel that is compatible with the Mesa3D that is going to be installed.
go to, http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
get 2.6.36.x kernel, for example v2.6.36.4-natty
get the files, linux-headers-*-generic_*_i386.deb ( 32 bit ) and linux-headers-*_all.deb and linux-image-*-generic_*_i386.deb ( 32 bit )
install the files by any method command line or gui, for example for the command line,
first, dpkg -i linux-headers-*_all.deb
second, dpkg -i linux-headers-*-generic_*_i386.deb
third, dpkg -i linux-image-*-generic_*_i386.deb
now restart the computer with new kernel.

Second Step:
install the development environment files that is needed for source compilation.
go to, Synaptic Package Manager
install the required files, for example gcc, g++, nasm, yasm, build-essential, mesa-common-dev, xorg-dev, bison, flex, libudev-dev, libcairo2-dev and so on.

Third Step:
install libdrm library that matches with the kernel ( choose a libdrm version which release date is closer to the kernel release date)
go to, http://dri.freedesktop.org/libdrm/
get the file libdrm-2.4.24.tar.*, for example libdrm-2.4.24.tar.gz
extract the file and open a terminal to the newly created directory.
build the library using, ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-radeon and make
install the library using, sudo make install and sudo make uninstall and sudo make install
this first removes old version and installs new one.

Fourth Step:
install Intel 2D driver that matches with the installed xserver.
go to, http://intellinuxgraphics.org/
get the file xf86-video-intel-2.13.0.tar.bz2
extract the file and open a terminal to the newly created directory.
build the library using, ./configure --prefix=/usr and make
install the libraries using, sudo make install and sudo make uninstall and sudo make install
the library files will be installed in /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers directory named intel_drv.so and intel_drv.la
now log out and log in again for this to take effect

Fifth Step:
install Intel 3D driver.
go to, ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/

some notes on mesa versions:
mesa 7.7.1 ( most stable mesa I have ever used, very few bugs)
mesa 7.8.3-rc1 ( stable, more feature than 7.7.1, few bugs introduced than 7.7.1)
mesa 7.9.series ( buggy, more feature than 7.8.series, a lot of bugs introduced than 7.8.3-rc1)
mesa 7.10.1 (stable, many more features than 7.9.series, few bugs like 7.8.3-rc1)
mesa 7.11-devel from git (upstream driver, supports many more feature than 7.10.series, less stable, have more bugs, not in good shape at the moment I am writing this)

get mesa 7.10.1, download MesaLib-7.10.1.tar.bz2 file
extract the file and open a terminal to the newly created directory.
build the libraries using, ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-dri-drivers="i810,i915,i965,swrast" --disable-glut and make
remove the old libraries using, sudo rm /usr/lib/egl/* and sudo rm /usr/lib/dri/* and sudo rm /usr/lib/libEGL.so* and sudo rm /usr/lib/libGLU.so* and sudo rm /usr/lib/libGLw.so* and sudo rm /usr/lib/libGL.so*
install the libraries using, sudo make install
the library files will be installed in /usr/lib and /usr/lib/dri and /usr/lib/egl
now log out and log in again for this to take effect

Sixth Step:
install s3tc library.
go to, http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~mareko/libtxc_dxtn/
get the file libtxc_dxtn-1.0.0.tar.bz2
extract the file and open a terminal to the newly created directory.
build the library using, make clean and make
install the library using, sudo rm /usr/lib/libtxc_dxtn.so and sudo make install

it is done, have a look at glxinfo in the terminal and fire up the games.

if wanna try latest devel mesa 7.11 ( not recommended ) just download mesa 7.11 instead of mesa 7.10.1
by this command in the terminal, git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/mesa/mesa
installation of git is required for the above command ( install it from Synaptic Package Manager)


build priority,

kernel -> libdrm -> Intel 2D -> Mesa 3D