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

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

Posted Feb 14, 2007 15:52 UTC (Wed) by k8to (subscriber, #15413)
In reply to: Ubuntu says no to non-free video drivers for Feisty (Linux.com) by rlamont
Parent article: Ubuntu says no to non-free video drivers for Feisty (Linux.com)

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.


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