Comments on: Intel GMA 500 (Poulsbo) graphics on Linux: a precise and comprehensive summary as to why you’re screwed

By: Nokia’s Booklet 3G hates Linux. | Open attitude.

Nokia’s Booklet 3G hates Linux. | Open attitude. — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:46:59 +0000

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By: when Ritsuko times out » Why Intel Sucks

when Ritsuko times out » Why Intel Sucks — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:09:17 +0000

[...] And this is also the Intel that, for a more recent example, is abandoning support for the GMA500 chipset in Linux. There are open source drivers for Poulsbo, of course, but they are broken. [...]

By: Acer Aspire One 1366×768 Graphics driver needed « Touchmods

Acer Aspire One 1366×768 Graphics driver needed « Touchmods — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:03:51 +0000

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By: Fit-PC2 review: The world’s smallest desktop PC | Roy Tanck's weblog

Fit-PC2 review: The world’s smallest desktop PC | Roy Tanck's weblog — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:04:16 +0000

[...] The current state of Linux drivers for the Poulsbo chipset has rightfully been described as ‘a mess‘. There is a driver available for some Linux distributions, but it does not work with the [...]

By: jhuckins

jhuckins — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:55:03 +0000

OK, since I’m a newby wrt kernel framebuffer device modules, how do I get the module working? As far as I know, I do have the kernel module built.

Regards,
Jeff

By: adamw

adamw — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:24:01 +0000

Sorry, I’ve never really used a framebuffer with it. You may need to have at least the kernel module built and working to get a framebuffer device out of it…

By: jhuckins

jhuckins — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:58:23 +0000

I have been pulling my hair out just trying to configure a frame buffer device at 800 x 600 resolution in RHEL 5.3 on a Poulsbo system.

After porting our application that uses Qt Embedded 3.3 without X-Windows support, we are currently stuck using the QVFB virtual frame buffer to run the app, which, of course is bogus.

Can anybody provide me with specific details of how to configure the platform to support a /dev/fb* device for our app?

Thanks in advance,
Jeff

By: Acer Aspire One 1366×768 Graphics driver needed « Touchmods.

Acer Aspire One 1366×768 Graphics driver needed « Touchmods. — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:20:09 +0000

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By: Hello All! New to The Mini World. Quick Question - MyDellMini

Hello All! New to The Mini World. Quick Question - MyDellMini — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:45:18 +0000

[...] all due to chipset/video driver issues. This article is a little dated but gives some information: AdamW on Linux and more

By: Revisiting Altruism - Poulsbo & More

Revisiting Altruism - Poulsbo & More — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:32:07 +0000

[...] we can’t get official figures from the Intel ARK, and the graphics drivers under Linux are a complete shambles apart from the custom 8.04 Ubuntu Builds Dell liaised with Canonical to develop. When I say [...]