Guide to Get the Best Performace from the GMA 500

[danicero]

I'm absolutely noob, so please be patient with me
here's the thing: I've installed ubuntu remix 9.10 on my acer aspire one AO751h.
then I followed the official ubuntu guide https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupp...oCardsPoulsbo/ to set up the GMA500.
but when I reboot after that I have only a tty1 flashing screen, so it's impossible to login again...
the only solution I found is to reboot in recovery mode and rm etc/X11/xorg.conf to go back to the starting point :/
any advice?

thank you!!!

[jarodrig]

Anybody has tried install psb driver in a system with ubuntu 10.04? I have problems with xorg-xserver-core and xorg-xserver-video-5 and xserver-xorg-video-psb conflicts. I can't post any logs sorry.

I have Nokia booklet 3g.

Update: I identified the problem. It is because the lastest version of xorg don't have support of resVgaShared symbol

[jarodrig]

I'm absolutely noob, so please be patient with me
here's the thing: I've installed ubuntu remix 9.10 on my acer aspire one AO751h.
then I followed the official ubuntu guide https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupp...oCardsPoulsbo/ to set up the GMA500.
but when I reboot after that I have only a tty1 flashing screen, so it's impossible to login again...
the only solution I found is to reboot in recovery mode and rm etc/X11/xorg.conf to go back to the starting point :/
any advice?

thank you!!!

Try with older version of xorg.conf or the old method of that manual. the xorg.conf is not equal between both methods

[blur xc]

I don't think you need to keep reinstalling, "sudo dpkg-reconfigure psb-kernel-source" should be enough to rebuild the kernel modules.

Thanks! The command worked like a charm- I made a bash alias for it.

BM

[mktg82]

Excuse me for my noob question, is it possible to install only 2D drivers? I'm not interested in 3D and compiz...

I'm using Xubuntu 9.10 on Asus 1201ha. I read here (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupp...Poulsbo#karmic) that there are two methods, the old one and the newest. Which one should I use?

P.S.
I don't know my kernel version because my netbook is recharging right now.

[michael37]

Excuse me for my noob question, is it possible to install only 2D drivers? I'm not interested in 3D and compiz...

I'm using Xubuntu 9.10 on Asus 1201ha. I read here (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupp...Poulsbo#karmic) that there are two methods, the old one and the newest. Which one should I use?

P.S.
I don't know my kernel version because my netbook is recharging right now.

Use the new method. The driver provides both 2D and 3D, (it just does), but you can disable compiz: simply go to System->Preferences->Appearance and set Visual Effects to none.

[jlacroix]

I have a Dell Inspiron 1010 and I ran the shell script, so now I have full resolution video. Unfortunately now I have frequent random lockups as well. I'm thinking I should just reload Windows but I *really* don't want to use Windows. (I'd probably just stop using the netbook at all). Is there a fix for the random lockups?

xorg.conf:

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "GMA500"
        Driver 		"psb"
        Option 		"DownScale" "false"
        Option 		"ExaNoComposite" "false"
        #Option 	"ExaMem" "131072"
	#Option		"ExaScratch" "4"
	#Option		"ExaCached" "false"
        Option 		"IgnoreACPI" "true"
        Option 		"LidTimer" "false"
        Option 		"NoAccel" "false"
        Option		"NoFitting" "false"
        Option 		"NoPanel" "false"
        Option 		"MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
        Option 		"ShadowFB" "false"
        Option 		"SWcursor" "false"
        Option 		"Vsync" "false"
	Option 		"AccelMethod" "EXA"
	Option 		"DRI" "off"
	Option 		"MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode    0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
	Option		"Composite" "Enable"
	Option		"RENDER" "Enable"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option  "DontZap"       "False"
EndSection

[jbernardo]

I have a Dell Inspiron 1010 and I ran the shell script, so now I have full resolution video. Unfortunately now I have frequent random lockups as well. I'm thinking I should just reload Windows but I *really* don't want to use Windows. (I'd probably just stop using the netbook at all). Is there a fix for the random lockups?

Try passing "mem=2000mb" to the kernel string, as is in the wiki. Since you have the "IgnoreACPI" entry in xorg.conf, I can't think of another reason for the random lockups.

[jlacroix]

Try passing "mem=2000mb" to the kernel string, as is in the wiki. Since you have the "IgnoreACPI" entry in xorg.conf, I can't think of another reason for the random lockups.

Do I still pass mem=2000mb to the kernel string even though I only have 1GB of RAM?

[jbernardo]

Do I still pass mem=2000mb to the kernel string even though I only have 1GB of RAM?

In that case, something like 1000mb or 980mb. It seems to solve the hangups at least on the vaio.