Re: [gentoo-user] Dell Inspiron 530 compatability questions before buying
On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 11:04:54PM +0200, Benno Schulenberg wrote It features an Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100 video chip. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_graphics_media_accelerator the 3100 chip is very similar to the GMA 950, which works very well under Linux. Thanks. Good to know. -- Walter Dnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 Q. Mr. Ghandi, what do you think of Microsoft security? A. I think it would be a good idea. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Dell Inspiron 530 compatability questions before buying
Walter Dnes wrote: On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 11:04:54PM +0200, Benno Schulenberg wrote According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_graphics_media_accelerator the 3100 chip is very similar to the GMA 950, which works very well under Linux. Thanks. Good to know. And within a few hours someone posts a lockup bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11937 :| You can be pretty certain it will get fixed, though. Benno -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Dell Inspiron 530 compatability questions before buying
My 1999 Dell with a 450 mhz PIII and 128 megs of *MAIN RAM* is finally dying on me. With the network card, and now the internal modem gone, I think it's time to retire the Dell. Next month would be its 8th anniversary, and that is ancient for a PC. I have an AMD3000+ as my new main machine. I like to have 2 linux PCs at all times, so I can switch over painlessly to a hot backup, like I did yesterdayg. Given the faithfull service it gave, I wouldn't mind another Dell. Are there any Gentoo compatability problems with the Inspiron 530 series? It features an Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100 video chip. I'm not into gaming, so as long as it works reasonably well, I'm happy. -- Walter Dnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 Q. Mr. Ghandi, what do you think of Microsoft security? A. I think it would be a good idea. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Dell Inspiron 530 compatability questions before buying
Walter Dnes wrote: It features an Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100 video chip. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_graphics_media_accelerator the 3100 chip is very similar to the GMA 950, which works very well under Linux. The G33 and friends are listed in drm_pciids.txt, under i915, and Mesa has an i915 driver. So it should work fine. And if not, you can file a bug with Mesa -- they're fixing tiny correctness bugs every week. Benno -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
