Xfce spin Beta RC3 validation pass

[Ron Leach]

Philip Rhoades wrote:
> 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-repository-with-working-3d-compiz-support/ 
>> - 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