Ubuntu says no to non-free video drivers for Feisty (Linux.com) [LWN.net]

Ubuntu says no to non-free video drivers for Feisty (Linux.com)

Posted Feb 14, 2007 9:37 UTC (Wed) by rlamont (guest, #35601)
In reply to: Ubuntu says no to non-free video drivers for Feisty (Linux.com) by jwb
Parent article: Ubuntu says no to non-free video drivers for Feisty (Linux.com)

I am using Ubuntu Edgy (amd64) on a machine with an Intel DG965WHMKR motherboard and it does all the things you mention. DVI enabled itself as soon as I plugged the ADD2 card (a PixelView PV-CH3707(N16D)-F) into the x16 slot. The only thing that doesn't work is the Marvell PATA driver (and it still didn't work when I tried the Feisty Herd 2 install CD). It's best to stick to SATA only.

(Log in to post comments)

Ubuntu says no to non-free video drivers for Feisty (Linux.com)

Posted Feb 14, 2007 15:52 UTC (Wed) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link]

As has been discussed quite repeatedly here, the functionality on various G965 boxes is note created equal. There is the variance of the types of glue chips used, and whatever BIOS tweaks have been placed in the vbios image.

However, even if you _can_ get the right modes, the implementation is quite glitchy. Failures when using virtual scrolling desktops, crashes in some OpenGL usage patterns.

It's not baked. Not in x.org 7.1.x, not in mesa 6.5.2.