hello! i'm not sure this is the right place to ask such a question. if it's not, it'd be kind of you to direct me to the right site. i'm using Lubuntu 12.04 on Fujitsu LifeBook E6540. $glxinfo | grep render direct rendering: Yes OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on softpipe AFAIK, this means i've got a software acceleration. $ egrep WW /var/log/Xorg.0.log [ 43.055] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fglrx [ 43.079] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fglrx [ 43.089] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa [ 43.089] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev [ 43.142] (WW) MACH64(0): Cannot shadow an accelerated frame buffer. [ 43.143] (WW) MACH64(0): Unable to estimate virtual size [ 43.188] (WW) MACH64(0): DRI static buffer allocation failed -- need at least 7680 kB video memory $ egrep VBE /var/log/Xorg.0.log [ 43.117] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE Version 2.0 [ 43.117] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 4096 kB [ 43.117] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE OEM: ATI MACH64 [ 43.117] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 1.0 [ 43.117] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc. [ 43.117] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: MACH64RM [ 43.118] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: 01.00 [ 43.122] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE DDC supported [ 43.122] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE DDC Level none [ 43.122] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE DDC transfer in appr. 2 sec. [ 43.126] (II) MACH64(0): VESA VBE DDC read failed the native resolution is 1024x768, but even if i change the bit depth from 24 to 16, i get MACH64(0): DRI static buffer allocation failed -- need at least 4608 kB video memory is there a way to get a hardware acceleration in my case? thank you!