Ron, On 2010-09-28 18:14, Ron Leach wrote: > Philip Rhoades wrote: >> Adam, >> >> >> On 2010-09-28 08:23, Adam Williamson wrote: >>> GMA 500 has no native driver in Fedora, for long and boring reasons. A >>> reasonably well working driver is available in the RPM Fusion >>> repository; note that the 3D and video playback acceleration functions >>> in this driver are enabled by a non-free X library which is installed by >>> default (if software freedom is an issue for you, you may choose to >>> forcibly remove the xpsb-glx package; this will mean you now have a >>> fully F/OSS driver, but you will lose 3D and video playback >>> acceleration). There is no legal issue with using this driver in any >>> jurisdiction of which I'm aware. >>> >>> Instructions for installing the driver can be found at >>> http://www.happyassassin.net/2009/08/10/intel-gma500-poulsbo-on-fedora-11-repository-with-working-3d-compiz-support/ >>> - though that post's name references F11, the repository should >>> provide working packages for F12 and F13 too (and soon for F14). I >>> run F13 on my own Poulsbo-based system. >>> >>> This driver should provide reasonable performance, definitely better >>> than the default, which is to use the utterly unoptimised 'vesa' driver. >> >> >> I am having trouble installing this driver but in any case I don't >> think that is what the problem is - I have been running F13 quite >> happily for some time without having to use any extra drivers (it is a >> bit slower than say PCLinuxOS2010 but still quite usable). >> > > Phil, thanks for the clarification. So, in your hardware - your Gateway > netbook - F13 is giving you 1366x768, or only 1024x768 'stretched' > across the screen? I guess one of the display setup menus should list > 1366x768 as a selectable option. It defaults to 1024x768 - the only other option from the XFCE GUI is "Auto" which stays at 1024x768. The afore mentioned PCLinuxOS2010, however, runs at the higher 1366x768 resolution happily - how can I work out which driver that is using? Regards, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia E-mail: phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
