W. Wayne Liauh wrote: >> There is something we should be aware of: >> >> This is if you you have a Panasonic Toughbook, or any >> laptop/notebook, using Intel GMA x3100 or ATI >> Mobility Radeon X2300 chips. >> >> If you are having issues with using the ATI/Intel >> video drivers in the test image, make sure you use >> Mesa 6.5.3 for your research testing. >> >> Either request this for the final release of the >> image or as an update package. Mesa 6.5.3 should be >> the minimum version for the OpenGL software renderer >> library for those of us researching OpenGL 2.1+ >> development projects. >> >> I prefer Mesa 7.0.3 - which should be in the update >> pkg repository and works better for Intel driver >> 2.3.0 and ATI driver 6.8.0 testing projects. >> >> ~ Ken Mays > > We have both chips in our lab. Before I test RC2 on them, I want to know how > do I change the video driver to Mesa? It's very difficult to install RC2 on > these laptops, as Indiana does not dual-boot with other Solaris slices. Plus > both S10u5 and SXCE87 are working so well, I am not going to erase them even > for testing purposes.
This has been a restriction for me as well, and I have had to constantly shuffle disks in and out of my laptop. I filed [RFE] 1223 as a result and you may want to add yourself to it. It is planned for a future release and with enough interest and need, maybe it can make into the next one. Steffen > We do have problem with an ATI-based desktop machine, the video suspend does > not seem to work. RC2 works fine with NVidia chips. > -- > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > indiana-discuss mailing list > indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
