On 2010/06/11 11:20 (GMT-0400) [email protected] composed: > Hello, I am a new user of linux, specially I use ubuntu 10.04. I think it is > one of the > best linux distributions, but i have a serious problem with the recongnition > of my video > chipset and the 3d.
> My board is an asus p4bp-mx with a microprocessor celeron D 2.13 Mghz and 1 > GB of ram and > the video card is an onboard intel i845G. > The specific problem is that in this case ubuntu as well as any other linux > distribution > is using the driver i915 by default and that prevents me from using the 3d > effects or any > program or game that requeires that. > Is there any way I can have the 3d effects working? , since in windows 7 the > 3d works ok, > what can i do to have them work on Ubuntu 10.04 32 bits. > I am not an expert in this kind of matters so i hope you can help me with > this. I have multiple systems with i845G video. As I understand it, most FOSS Intel driver manpower actually comes from Intel, which has chosen to limit effort keeping older chipsets working as Xorg technology evolves, in large part due to lack of working systems available with old chips to perform development work. In contrast to Windows, for which drivers once written will continue to work, drivers for Xorg need to be adapted to its evolutionary changes. Unless people with older hardware step up with manpower to do the adaptation, people using older chips will need to stick with older Xorg versions that had working drivers for the old er chips. Released versions of the latest drivers for i845G do work as they once did (2D only), just not with the evolutionary bling (3D) that didn't exist when i845G was a contemporary design. IOW, if you want modern bling, and cannot assist the Intel developers in getting your old video chip to work, you need modern hardware. Many motherboards with i845G onboard also came with an AGP video card slot to enable bling for those who must have it. Even a PCI video card can suffice for those who just have to have their bling. As for me, 2D is good enough. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: [email protected]
