Archive for August 10th, 2009

August 10th, 2009

Intel GMA500 (Poulsbo) on Fedora 11: repository (with working 3D / compiz support)

So, finally I bit the bullet and did it. I’ve set up a repository with working packages for Intel GMA500 (Poulsbo) support on Fedora 11. You can just enable the repository and install the driver and it will work.
UPDATE 2
The driver is now available in RPM Fusion. All you need to do is enable the [...]

August 10th, 2009

Poulsbo update: Compiz working on F11!

This weekend I got around to testing out the latest updates to the Poulsbo (Intel GMA 500 graphics chipset I have written about multiple times before) front. Newer versions of the kernel module, the firmware and the GLX module have trickled into the Ubuntu secret sauce repository over the last few weeks.
Happily, they produce a [...]