[Intel-gfx] many regressions in X support on Dell C400 with Mandriva 2009.1

[Götz Waschk]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Götz Waschk <goetz.waschk at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm using Mandriva 2009.1 on a Dell C400 machine. After the initial
> installation X did not start at all, that's why I have added the third
> party rpm repository by Colin Guthrie:
> http://tmb.kkc.fi/Kernels/Intel-2009.1/i586/
>
> So now I have pretty recent versions of Mesa, the Intel driver and the
> kernel, still many things don't work. For instance, Google Earth locks
> my machine.
>
> Stuff like watching youtube videos, that worked smoothly on Mandriva
> 2009.0 with the Intel driver 2.4.2 are now just slideshows with 1
> frame per second.
>
> What can I do to get a decently working X on this machine?
>
> I can provide more information on this machine if needed. The graphics
> chip in the C400 is called 82830  CGC.

Hi everyone,

can someone please answer my mail?

Regards, Götz

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