Em Sáb, 2009-06-06 às 13:31 -0700, James McKenzie escreveu: > Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle wrote: > > I'm using an onboard Intel GMA X4500HD (G45 chipset), driver > > xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.6.3-0ubuntu9. If this might be fixed in the > > 2.7 version of the video driver, I would be willing to instal Arch Linux > > on a sepparate partition and try wine on it. > > > > > Intel chipsets are notorious for providing poor Linux support. Wine is > one of those programs that will test the ability of these drivers. > > [In my previous computer I used S3 Unichrome onboard and Nvidia FX 5200 > > offboard with either the nv or the nvidia drivers, without a problem.] > > > > > NVida on the other hand provides much better Linux support and Wine > functions much better. > > I would suggest, if at all possible, using the NVida card if you still > have it. Thanks for the information, I wasn't aware of that. I can't use my old NVIDIA card because it's for AGP slots, which my current motherboard lacks. I'll try the new Intel driver and cross my fingers. -- Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle <leonardof@xxxxxxxxx>
