Adam,
On 2010-09-28 08:23, Adam Williamson wrote:
> GMA 500 has no native driver in Fedora, for long and boring reasons. A
> reasonably well working driver is available in the RPM Fusion
> repository; note that the 3D and video playback acceleration functions
> in this driver are enabled by a non-free X library which is installed by
> default (if software freedom is an issue for you, you may choose to
> forcibly remove the xpsb-glx package; this will mean you now have a
> fully F/OSS driver, but you will lose 3D and video playback
> acceleration). There is no legal issue with using this driver in any
> jurisdiction of which I'm aware.
>
> Instructions for installing the driver can be found at
>
http://www.happyassassin.net/2009/08/10/intel-gma500-poulsbo-on-fedora-11...
> - though that post's name references F11, the repository should
> provide working packages for F12 and F13 too (and soon for F14). I run
> F13 on my own Poulsbo-based system.
>
> This driver should provide reasonable performance, definitely better
> than the default, which is to use the utterly unoptimised 'vesa' driver.
I am having trouble installing this driver but in any case I don't think
that is what the problem is - I have been running F13 quite happily for
some time without having to use any extra drivers (it is a bit slower
than say PCLinuxOS2010 but still quite usable).
Phil, thanks for the clarification. So, in your hardware - your
Gateway netbook - F13 is giving you 1366x768, or only 1024x768
'stretched' across the screen? I guess one of the display setup menus
should list 1366x768 as a selectable option.
regards, Ron