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 <mrma...@earthlink.net> 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 > of > a low perfomance, limited function fallback driver that will use only modes > provided by the machine's video BIOS. > OK. 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
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