Xfce spin Beta RC3 validation pass

[Philip Rhoades]

Ron,


On 2010-09-28 18:14, Ron Leach wrote:
> 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.


It defaults to 1024x768 - the only other option from the XFCE GUI is 
"Auto" which stays at 1024x768.  The afore mentioned PCLinuxOS2010, 
however, runs at the higher 1366x768 resolution happily - how can I work 
out which driver that is using?

Regards,

Phil.
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