Hi Felix,
Like I've emailed Daniel Vetter and Jani Nikula, as well as getting help, I hope to one day be able to provide help. I used to be a C programmer and I've discovered https://01.org/linuxgraphics/documentation
On 14 December 2015 at 18:17, Felix Miata <mrmazda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've run across many Optiplex models over the years, but the GX50 predates
them all. Looking up in Google it appears to be a Pentium III. Most PCs using
those predate Intel onboard graphics, among which my GX200 (but not my GX150
or GX110). If your GX50 has the 810E chipset, the Intel driver has in recent
years had limited functionality and marginal performance in Linux. My GX110
has 810E. I haven't powered it up in over 7 months. It's painfully slow. I
don't remember if X even works in it any more. If you really think a machine
nearly 2 decades old with maximum RAM population of 0.5GB warrants refurb, I
suggest you find and install in it an ATI or NVidia PCI gfxcard. The OS and X
need the shared RAM the 810E video is now using.
I'll recycle the GX50s.
The 7600 has 945G video. I have various recent distro installations (among
which Kubuntu 14.04 and above) scattered among various machines using 945G
experiencing none of the trouble your bugs describe, so maybe its problem is
RAM or memory controller. Have you inspected its innards for exploding or
leaky electrolytic capacitors? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
If it has any large uF (680 or higher) OST brand caps that appear normal they
may nevertheless be bad and are worth checking or replacing if you believe
the machine otherwise worth salvaging.
I'll put the dc7600 to one side.
Nomodeset is a workaround that blocks use of Intel driver which causes use ofOK.
a low perfomance, limited function fallback driver that will use only modes
provided by the machine's video BIOS.
Thanks to everyone for their help.
Ian
--
-- ACCU - Professionalism in programming - http://www.accu.org
-- My writing - https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/-- Free Software page - https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/home/free-software
_______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
