Guide to Get the Best Performace from the GMA 500

[jarodrig]

installed script: no problem.
Graphics ok for now. right resolution and much better speed !

(only one difference: wifi icon in gnome panel with reverted color LOL)

I can work with this issue, almost we have a normal desktop, with normal speed!

[pmlxuser]

Euruka!!! the script works for ,me .it works on acer aspire one, the 11'6 inch one... (h750 I THINK)
>grahics OK
>resolution Ok
>video play gibery ( HOWEVER USING VLC SEEMS TO IMPROVE THINGS ABIT)
3D and friends of no use to me as long as right reso and vedio play.. avios

hope it want crash soon. this is better thanks luco and friends.

[ferrueda]

Hi Guys,

I write the script on my console but it tells me it can't be open:


ferrueda@ferrueda-netbook:~$ sudo wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338581/Gma5...ulsbo_lucid.sh & sh ./poulsbo_lucid.sh
[1] 1804
sh: Can't open ./poulsbo_lucid.sh
ferrueda@ferrueda-netbook:~$

I have copy/paste the script. Do you see something wrong?

Thanks

[fitzkarraldo]

Hi Guys,

ferrueda@ferrueda-netbook:~$ sudo wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338581/Gma5...ulsbo_lucid.sh & sh ./poulsbo_lucid.sh
[1] 1804

just remove the "sudo"

[nicodds]

Hi Guys,

I write the script on my console but it tells me it can't be open:


ferrueda@ferrueda-netbook:~$ sudo wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338581/Gma5...ulsbo_lucid.sh & sh ./poulsbo_lucid.sh
[1] 1804
sh: Can't open ./poulsbo_lucid.sh
ferrueda@ferrueda-netbook:~$

I have copy/paste the script. Do you see something wrong?

Thanks

You need two "&" between the two commands, otherwise the first one will go in background and the second will be executed before the download has finished; so:

wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338581/Gma5...ulsbo_lucid.sh && sh ./poulsbo_lucid.sh

without the sudo, as said by fitzkarraldo.

[ekv]

I'm reading Your posts again and again..

and again I can't download it:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338581/Gma5...~1004_i386.deb -- ERROR 404 NOT FOUND

I can't even install 2d-driver and fix resolution without this xserver-xorg-video-1004. Can anybody tell me more about fixing resolution with Lucazade script?

ubuntu 1004 i386
2.6.32-22-generic
acer 751

[olmo62]

I'm reading Your posts again and again..

and again I can't download it:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338581/Gma5...~1004_i386.deb -- ERROR 404 NOT FOUND

I can't even install 2d-driver and fix resolution without this xserver-xorg-video-1004. Can anybody tell me more about fixing resolution with Lucazade script?

ubuntu 1004 i386
2.6.32-22-generic
acer 751

my procedure:
download poulsbo_lucid.sh in root directory
open terminal and set root account (sudo passwd etc.)
with root account ...in root directory.... sh ./poulsbo_lucid.sh

Work with my 751h - kernel 2.6.32-21-generic

[ferrueda]

Im Back,

I love you guys.... I sucessfully run the script, restart mi Telcel Dell Mini 10 with UNR Lucid Lynx and gnome desktop sesion, and I get a very pretty resolution and everything looks working fine, wifi, 3G connections, videos, sound.

Thankyou very much and congratulations for your hard work!!

I use the:

wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1338581/Gma5...ulsbo_lucid.sh && sh ./poulsbo_lucid.sh

[nekr0z]

Using lucazade's new script I was able to install all this on EeePC 1101HA. Here's what I got:

1. Resolution is correct, the driver is working. Also, 2D is way faster than with VESA driver (as expected).
2. 3D and composition don't work (expected). Makes netbook menu unusable, bug that's OK with me (at least for a while).
3. Video playback is... well, a slideshow. VLC makes things much better, but not perfect either (expected, OK with me, VESA was worse).
4. Both STR and STD work just fine, thought it takes significantly more time for the machine to get to STR and to/from STD (unexpected, OK with me as long as wake-up time for STR stays low, which it does).
5. All the tray indicators (not only network-manager) have white background instead of dark, which is weird. Indicator-menus (like volume and messaging) are OK (unexpected, OK with me, at least for a while).
6. External display capability: not tested yet, hope to test tomorrow (I only have external displays at my work).
7. Maybe it's just me, but it feels like CPU is more hot and the fan goes more actively. Hope it's just my imagination, because this could affect battery life…

Well done, guys, please don't give up!

[factoid79]

Well, quite a dissertation there , but I don't quite follow the argument of Intel getting burnt as badly or at all. What do you mean? Did they get stuck with useless pieces of hardware? I think not. There seems to be a clear pattern of crappy Intel graphics for Linux:
gma500
gma600
Clarkdale
Lucid - Intel i8xx
Jaunty regression

As you can see, by no means is gma500 an isolated incident. It should be clear by now that Intel graphics for Linux is a dead horse. Stop flogging it and move on.

They seemed to be putting a fair amount of effort into open-sourcing their drivers, and they asserted that they wanted to do the same with the gma500, but were unable to due to licensing issues. So they got burned in the sense that it's their name on the processor, so people are angry at them, but they don't legally have the power to fix the issue. It was a poor business decision on their part if they really wanted open source drivers in the end.

However, you seem to have a better understanding of their history, so perhaps my statement doesn't hold any water.