Guide to Get the Best Performace from the GMA 500

[.fly]

've no problems reaching this website from my Vodaphone/Arcor account.
Not all arcor ip ranges have been blocked. I have a confirmation from mplayerhq.hu for 88.64.0.0/12 and there are some more ranges confirmed by tests.

But on the other hand, I've changed the standard DNS setting in my router recently (currently, I'm using Google at 8.8.4.4 . http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/09/h...ster-browsing/ (http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/09/how-to-switch-to-opendns-in-ubuntu-for-faster-browsing/)

If you're able to change your DNS setting in your router easily, I'd recommend trying that. Write down your settings though in case something breaks :wink:
Maybe borghal should try it, over here the DNS works fine. IP gets resolved but the servers close connection immediately.

Sorry for hijacking this thread; will stay on topic now :)

[eldveggur]

Hi all

Just one question - is this the longest forum ever?
of about 201 pages?

Thank you all guys for making Linux so wonderful :)


eldveggur

[borghal]

Not all arcor ip ranges have been blocked. I have a confirmation from mplayerhq.hu for 88.64.0.0/12 and there are some more ranges confirmed by tests.


Maybe borghal should try it, over here the DNS works fine. IP gets resolved but the servers close connection immediately.

Tried it and it worked! Thanks a million :)

[Micha_DE]

Hello Everybody,

this is my first post.
I try to install Ubuntu 10.04.1 to my netbook.
Actually i try to get poulsbo-config_0.1.2~1004um3_all.deb but....
It is not available anymore.

Can somebody upload it again.
Thanks a lot.

Best regards
Micha

[lucazade]

I try to install Ubuntu 10.04.1 to my netbook.
Actually i try to get poulsbo-config_0.1.2~1004um3_all.deb but....
It is not available anymore.

Fixed link for poulsbo-config deb here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9746986&highlight=brave#post9746986)

[simplygades]

For Ubuntu Studio user (RT Kernel):

Bug: psb-kernel-source - package fails to install on rt-kernel

This repository contains an update psb-kernel-source,
let me know if ok and i'll update the main gma500 ppa.
https://launchpad.net/~lucazade/+archive/poulsbo-lucid-fix

Tried it and works great so far! Thanks Luca!

About your maverick-fix PPA: I tried it and looks ok, except I can't use the unity interface, everything is distorted on the screen, which is what I got on Lucid too, trying Unity from the PPA. Should I post a log?

[Micha_DE]

Hi,

thanks lucazade for the tip.

Now i have another problem.
I install ubuntu 10.04.1 at my netbook.
After restart i just try to install the kernel with power patch.

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:brian-rogers/power
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.35-power+18-generic linux-image-2.6.35-power+18-generic

But after next restart i've got a blank screen and a lot of errors. There are many EXT4-fs error or Failed to spawn ufw pre-start process or avahi-daemon main process and so on.

Did anybody have the same problems and maybe a solution.

I have a Dell Mini 10 with a Agility SSD.

Thanks a lot Micha

[lucazade]

Tried it and works great so far! Thanks Luca!

About your maverick-fix PPA: I tried it and looks ok, except I can't use the unity interface, everything is distorted on the screen, which is what I got on Lucid too, trying Unity from the PPA. Should I post a log?

Ok thanks for reporting.
Have you tried compiz workaround for Unity? (exanocomposite in xorg.conf)
If possible open a bug here (http://code.google.com/p/gma500/issues/list) and attach logs.

[lucazade]

Hi,

thanks lucazade for the tip.

Now i have another problem.
I install ubuntu 10.04.1 at my netbook.
After restart i just try to install the kernel with power patch.

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:brian-rogers/power
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.35-power+18-generic linux-image-2.6.35-power+18-generic

But after next restart i've got a blank screen and a lot of errors. There are many EXT4-fs error or Failed to spawn ufw pre-start process or avahi-daemon main process and so on.

Did anybody have the same problems and maybe a solution.

I have a Dell Mini 10 with a Agility SSD.

Thanks a lot Micha

try these:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get purge psb-kernel-source
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install psb-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install poulsbo-driver-2d poulsbo-driver-3d poulsbo-config

[al_mckin]

Hello Guys,

I very late to the game here on the GMA 500, just got a netbook (acer 751h) a few days ago and fighting to get it to work!

I've read back through this thread and the wiki page here (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo/) but there is something I am not clear on.

For lucid, using the official iso, should I install the gma500-ppa-lucid ppa _and_ the poulsbo-lucid-fix ppa? Or is it better just to re-install with lucazade's remixed iso?

BTW, thanks for all your hard work here, lucazade and everyone else involved!

[jbernardo]

Forget the fix ppa, it is no longer maintained. The "regular" gma500 ppa should get you going, if not, please ask us and open bugs as needed!

[Micha_DE]

Thanks luca.

But i didn't install the poulsbo driver at this time.
Just a blank ubuntu installation and upgrade to the kernel 2.6.35.

I try to solve the problem by myself yesterday and read a lot of websites I think the problem is TRIM support in the kernel.
In the Dell Mini 10 is a PATA to SATA brigde.
And if this bridge get a TRIM signal, the SSD disappeare.
I also have trouble to install Windows 7 because of TRIM command.

Is there a possible way to deactivated TRIM within the new kernel?

Thanks a lot for help.
Micha

[simplygades]

Ok thanks for reporting.
Have you tried compiz workaround for Unity? (exanocomposite in xorg.conf)
If possible open a bug here (http://code.google.com/p/gma500/issues/list) and attach logs.

I tried, still the same.(I supposed you just wanted me to modify xorg.conf, not running compiz in the Unity session, am I right?)
Just one question about the logs please. If I log out of the desktop session then log in using Unity and then back to normal again, does Xorg.0.log or Xorg.0.log.old contain the info needed? Or should I post both? Sorry but I have no idea.. :oops:

PS. Just found out that the 99video-workaround for suspend, doesn't work in Maverick..

[lucazade]

I tried, still the same.(I supposed you just wanted me to modify xorg.conf, not running compiz in the Unity session, am I right?)
Just one question about the logs please. If I log out of the desktop session then log in using Unity and then back to normal again, does Xorg.0.log or Xorg.0.log.old contain the info needed? Or should I post both? Sorry but I have no idea.. :oops:

PS. Just found out that the 99video-workaround for suspend, doesn't work in Maverick..

Yes, I meant only adding that option to xorg.
Post both logs, if you have an ssh connection get log during the session.

the 99-video workaround works for me in maverick (acer751h)

[maddis]

When will the RT-kernel fix going to be on mainline packages? Tried it today and it didn't work yet.

[jbernardo]

When will the RT-kernel fix going to be on mainline packages? Tried it today and it didn't work yet.

As soon as lucazade has the time to push his changes to the "mailine" (gma500ppa) repository, and I (or another of us) has the time to check if it doesn't break anything and pushes it.

Translated - as soon as we can... :)

[simplygades]

... if you have an ssh connection get log during the session.

If you have the time could you explain this a bit? Or provide a relative link?


the 99-video workaround works for me in maverick (acer751h)

Strange, reinstalled pm-utils, deleted the file again and.. it works!:-k

[pjman]

If you have the time could you explain this a bit? Or provide a relative link?


If you have a second machine you can connect via SSH to your GMA500 machine and grab the logs right after the event you are trying to capture.

https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/serverguide/C/openssh-server.html

[simplygades]

If you have a second machine you can connect via SSH to your GMA500 machine and grab the logs right after the event you are trying to capture.

https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/serverguide/C/openssh-server.html

Thanks for the explanation. Unfortunately there is no such option right now, as there is no other PC available. So I will just attach the normal log files.

[legoman666]

Is it just me or does full screen video on Youtube still not work?

edit: neither does suspend.

[ddumanis]

To use YouTube fullscreen, rightclick on a video while it's playing to get the Flash Settings menu and disable hardware acceleration.

You can have hardware acceleration, or fullscreen YouTube videos - but not both.

[yvesdm3000]

To use YouTube fullscreen, rightclick on a video while it's playing to get the Flash Settings menu and disable hardware acceleration.

You can have hardware acceleration, or fullscreen YouTube videos - but not both.

Fullscreen uses the Xv extention and is still broken. I need some more time to fix this. Too much on my todo list at work I'm afraid...

To whoever who can do it, just finish the migration from EXA classic to EXA mixed to repair the pointer to the framebuffer and it should work. It's a curvy road with memory managers and other stuff...

-Yves

[lucazade]

To use YouTube fullscreen, rightclick on a video while it's playing to get the Flash Settings menu and disable hardware acceleration.

You can have hardware acceleration, or fullscreen YouTube videos - but not both.

There is a nice workaround that replaces flash player inside firefox embedding mplayer-vaapi (so both hd and full screen playback).
Not a perfect solution but a step forward:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:klich-lukasz/kleewho && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gnome-mplayer gecko-mediaplayer

follow gnome-mplayer settings from these screenshots:
http://lukaszklich.pl/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/vaapi_output.png
http://lukaszklich.pl/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/vaapi_va.png

install this firefox addon:
http://flvideoreplacer-extension.blogspot.com/

then try youtube! :)

@Yves
We are not in a hurry :)

[zehjotkah]

I bought a new Bluetooth Mouse, a Logitech m555b.
When I try to connect it to my Nokia Booklet 3g (because of that I'm posting here) it won't find any Bluetooth device.
The same thing with other Bluetooth devices.
Also the Bluetooth LED is not on.
Bluetooth is shown as on in the gnome panel.
Is there something I've overseen?

edit: I've solved the problem by installing Windows 7, enabling Bluetooth, installing Ubuntu again (parallel to Windows) and then Bluetooth worked in Ubuntu, too...

[legoman666]

There is a nice workaround that replaces flash player inside firefox embedding mplayer-vaapi (so both hd and full screen playback).
Not a perfect solution but a step forward:

We are not in a hurry :)

I use Chrome :(

[simplygades]

Me too, but I used to use Firefox just for watching a HD video whenever I wanted to, since Chromium plays decently lower quality ones. Now that I upgraded to Maverick I can't even do that \\:D/ (until the aforementioned ppa gets updated). It's not a perfect solution, but at least is a solution.. that's life in Poulsboland :twisted:

[dasankir]

I'we had so many troubles with my embedded board with the little intel support that I'm looking forward for the pandaboard to come out.

I hope someone starts an open netbook with a different processor and all the linux community leaves the intel gma500.

[dasankir]

ooops: wish granted :)

http://www.opensourcemid.org/

[fabiofloyd]

Hi guys, my tablet is archos 9 and Maverick is not working for me, Already tried ubuntu, kubuntu, lubuntu. Its something that changed, and i cant figure what


Sorry my poor english, i am Brazilian

[jbernardo]

Hi guys, my tablet is archos 9 and Maverick is not working for me, Already tried ubuntu, kubuntu, lubuntu. Its something that changed, and i cant figure what


Sorry my poor english, i am Brazilian

Lucazade has tested some patches for Maverick. We'll have these in the ppa asap.

[lucazade]

Updated GMA500 PPA repository with maverick packages and
added some info in poulsbo wiki (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo).

[fabiofloyd]

Updated GMA500 PPA repository with maverick packages and
added some info in poulsbo wiki (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo).
wow thank you lets see if my archos 9 can handle this

[reic]

updated gma500 ppa repository with maverick packages and
added some info in poulsbo wiki (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/hardwaresupportcomponentsvideocardspoulsbo).

<3

[MFonville]

Updated GMA500 PPA repository with maverick packages and
added some info in poulsbo wiki (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo).

Be careful with some of the packages like gnome-mplayer and vlc which are not properly working yet. But I am fixing things so have some patience

[drzorcz]

Updated GMA500 PPA repository with maverick packages and
added some info in poulsbo wiki (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo).

The Wiki page says: "Plymouth splash screen doesn't show high resolution ubuntu-logo, only text version".

Has anyone tried THIS (http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Fix-the-Big-and-Ugly-Plymouth-Logo-in-Ubuntu-10-04-140810.shtml) tutorial with Maverick? I haven't, as I didn't have time to deal with 10.10 yet, but for my 10.04 it works perfectly fine... :popcorn:

[Arhn]

Hey guys,
I'm new to this forum though I've been a Ubuntu user since 7.10. Thanks to all of you guys who make this OS one of the best.

Here is my problem : I wanted to try Maverick Meerkat on my Dell Mini 10 and use Lucazade's drivers but after installing Maverick on my HD (dual boot with Windows 7), I reboot as asked, and then nothing : after the BIOS splash, I just get an "_" flashing on the top left corner of the screen (Grub doesn't seem to load).

Any ideas guys ? I'm kinda lost and I tried searching the forum without success. Thanks.

[jbernardo]

The Wiki page says: "Plymouth splash screen doesn't show high resolution ubuntu-logo, only text version".

Has anyone tried THIS (http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Fix-the-Big-and-Ugly-Plymouth-Logo-in-Ubuntu-10-04-140810.shtml) tutorial with Maverick? I haven't, as I didn't have time to deal with 10.10 yet, but for my 10.04 it works perfectly fine... :popcorn:

I've tried, and it kind of works. But if I put in the /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash file, all my text consoles (alt+fnx) are corrupted, if I take it out I am back to regular text. It might work after some experimentation.

[konas]

Hey guys,
I'm new to this forum though I've been a Ubuntu user since 7.10. Thanks to all of you guys who make this OS one of the best.

Here is my problem : I wanted to try Maverick Meerkat on my Dell Mini 10 and use Lucazade's drivers but after installing Maverick on my HD, I reboot as asked, and then nothing : after the BIOS splash, I just get an "_" flashing on the top left corner of the screen (Grub doesn't seem to load).

Any ideas guys ? I'm kinda lost and I tried searching the forum without success. Thanks.

Hi . I had exactly the same problem on my ACER 751H after upgrading to Maverick. Somehow I thing that the MBR was damaged. I fixed it by instaalling lilo from the livecd (then my XP loaded directly), and then whenever I tried to install grub (with chroot), I always got the the prompt sign after the Bios. So I havent had time to solve the problem since then, I found a temporary solution, I installed 10.04 with wubi from XP, and then the loader found Maverick and it works perfectly well. Hope this helps somehow.

As this is my first post on the forum that I read since long time ago : Thanx to all guys trying to make things work with our GMA 500

You can try to google how to repair Grub2 from the LiveCd.

[michael37]

Updated GMA500 PPA repository with maverick packages and
added some info in poulsbo wiki (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo).

Does KMS work in Maverick only or would it work in Lucid?

I still run Karmic as primary OS on my netbooks due to stability and core feature set...

[MFonville]

Does KMS work in Maverick only or would it work in Lucid?

I still run Karmic as primary OS on my netbooks due to stability and core feature set...

I would recommend everybody to please wait till the 10th of October before updating to Maverick with the gma500. We are at the moment still changing quite a lot in the repo to have everything ready before the 10th. At the moment updates might break your system since new/experimental things/tweaks are still being added.

[Micha_DE]

I have a Dell Mini 10 and with the Maverick release i also get a blank screen with cursor after bios. Looks like it is a Dell Mini 10 Problem. Or it is a Problem regarding SSD...
What kind of HDD do you have Arhn?

Regards Micha

[fred the wise]

--

[fred the wise]

Sub-title: Error updating kernel- Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid:

Hoping this is the correct thread :confused: ___
I really cannot update my psb-kernel, I get always this message and a blank screen when restarting..:

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/4822/errorupdating.jpg

where could be the problem?? I have the Lucazade ISO version installed..
Thank you in advance..

[jbernardo]

There was a problem with psb-kernel-source, that when it was upgraded it would remove the source directory. The last couple of versions in the ppa no longer have that problem, but a update from a broken version to a good one will still fail. You'll need to remove psb-kernel-source and reinstall it. Check back a couple of pages, I've posted how to do it quite a few times already.

[simplygades]

Hi . I had exactly the same problem on my ACER 751H after upgrading to Maverick. Somehow I thing that the MBR was damaged. I fixed it by instaalling lilo from the livecd (then my XP loaded directly), and then whenever I tried to install grub (with chroot), I always got the the prompt sign after the Bios. So I havent had time to solve the problem since then, I found a temporary solution, I installed 10.04 with wubi from XP, and then the loader found Maverick and it works perfectly well. Hope this helps somehow.

As this is my first post on the forum that I read since long time ago : Thanx to all guys trying to make things work with our GMA 500

You can try to google how to repair Grub2 from the LiveCd.

I ran into the same problem yesterday trying to install Maverick, both with desktop and mini.iso. I Solved it by booting SystemRescueCD, booted into Maverick installation using its Grub2 recovery option, and now I have BURG installed in order to make it work. Reinstalling Grub2 from Live-CD didn't work..

[lucazade]

Does KMS work in Maverick only or would it work in Lucid?

I still run Karmic as primary OS on my netbooks due to stability and core feature set...

michael37 KMS should work also in Lucid.
(At the moment KMS conflicts in Maverick with "no_fb=1" that help shutting down the machine.)

[Arhn]

I have a Dell Mini 10 and with the Maverick release i also get a blank screen with cursor after bios. Looks like it is a Dell Mini 10 Problem. Or it is a Problem regarding SSD...
What kind of HDD do you have Arhn?

Regards Micha

I have a HDD (ie no SSD). Don't know the brand sorry (it's the original Dell Mini 10 hard drive, so I would bet it's a Seagate one). But I don't think it's linked to the hard drive.
This problem is weird because I don't have it when I install any other distribution (or when I install previous Ubuntu versions). This black screen only appears with Maverick Meerkat.

I'm still trying to work this out though I'm starting to get fed up with this problem.

Anyway, thanks Konas, Micha_DE and simplygrades for answering. And sorry for posting here (as I thought at first this problem was tied to the poulsbo one).

[simplygades]

I have a HDD (ie no SSD). Don't know the brand sorry (it's the original Dell Mini 10 hard drive, so I would bet it's a Seagate one). But I don't think it's linked to the hard drive.
This problem is weird because I don't have it when I install any other distribution (or when I install previous Ubuntu versions). This black screen only appears with Maverick Meerkat.

I'm still trying to work this out though I'm starting to get fed up with this problem.

Anyway, thanks Konas, Micha_DE and simplygrades for answering. And sorry for posting here (as I thought at first this problem was tied to the poulsbo one).

Please try the following:

1) Create a supergrubdisk usb with unetbootin.

2) Boot from this and select "detect every OS"

3)Boot into your Maverick installation

4)Update it (in the last couple of hours grub-pc has been updated, it now works)

5)Boot from hard-drive

Hope it solves your issue.

[fred the wise]

There was a problem with psb-kernel-source, that when it was upgraded it would remove the source directory. The last couple of versions in the ppa no longer have that problem, but a update from a broken version to a good one will still fail. You'll need to remove psb-kernel-source and reinstall it. Check back a couple of pages, I've posted how to do it quite a few times already.

Thank you, this helps..
:) Fred

[th3voic3]

Hey,

I recently did a couple of updates without really checking them (yeah shame on me).
Now when trying to play videos with mplayer (vaapi) I have block-ish artifacts.
I already tried purging mplayer and the repository and re-adding it.
This on Lucid from the customized iso.

[.fly]

I had this only for some few files. You can try

mplayer -va vaapi -vo x11 filename

which fixed things for me. I don't know if this is still accelerated, though.

[konas]

I ran into the same problem yesterday trying to install Maverick, both with desktop and mini.iso. I Solved it by booting SystemRescueCD, booted into Maverick installation using its Grub2 recovery option, and now I have BURG installed in order to make it work. Reinstalling Grub2 from Live-CD didn't work..

Thanx for the tip, I haven't heard about Burg before. Anycase, my Grub2 resurected yesterday, for once I didn't pay attention of the daily upgrades, and then sudenly it reappeard. So I guess by unistalling Wubi everthing will be back to normal.

But as this is not related to GMA 500 we shoud probaly move_to_antoher/stop the discussion in this thread.


I have a question for those using Maverick (which is maybe GMA 500 related?) Do you have any shutdown problems ? My computer never shuts down once I installed Maverick. I only get to a black screen.

[lucazade]

I have a question for those using Maverick (which is maybe GMA 500 related?) Do you have any shutdown problems ? My computer never shuts down once I installed Maverick. I only get to a black screen.

Take a look at this page (https://launchpad.net/~gma500/+archive/ppa/+packages) and when poulsbo-config - 0.1.2~1010um3 is published update your system.
This should fix shutdown issue... let us know if works also for you.

[konas]

Take a look at this page (https://launchpad.net/~gma500/+archive/ppa/+packages) and when poulsbo-config - 0.1.2~1010um3 is published update your system.
This should fix shutdown issue... let us know if works also for you.


Great, seems to be working, thanks :)

[lucazade]

I have updated Poulsbo wiki page.. hope now is more readble!

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo

Let me know if something is wrong (including my english grammar errors!)

[jurekiteresa]

Hi
Did you see:

http://edc.intel.com/Software/Downloads/EMGD/

Intel® Embedded Media and Graphics Driver (EMGD)
Version: 1.5 Release date: october 6, 2010 File Size: 117 269KB

Intel(R) Embedded Media and Graphics Drivers (Intel(R) EMGD)
Version 1.5 Gold for
Windows* and LINUX release with production license

Supported Operating Systems
===========================
This version of driver supports following OS or distributions:
- Microsoft* Windows XP Professional* SP3,
Windows Embedded Standard* (WES*) 2009 and
Windows 7 (Win7) XPDM mode.
- MeeGo* 1.0.1 (IVI image) Kernel version 2.6.33, X-Server 1.8.0 and libVA 0.31, Mesa 7.8.
(For more detail info about specific Meego supported and where to download, please refer to
User's Guide).
- Fedora11(F11)* Kernel version 2.6.29, X-Server 1.6.4 with Mesa 7.6.
(The source is distributed from Timesys*. For more detail info about
specific F11 supported and where to download, please refer to User's Guide).

Regards

Jurek

[jbernardo]

Still more Intel crap:
Unfortunately, the source for the userspace part of the Linux driver, including the X driver and 3D stack implementation, is not available. While we understand the importance that the Linux community places on open drivers, much of our userspace driver code derives from technology licensed from 3rd parties that Intel is not legally permitted to distribute in source code format. With Intel® EMGD we have instead focused on opening the source for the parts of our driver that we legally can. Moving our HAL implementation into the kernel for Intel® EMGD is a large step forward compared to our IEGD Linux driver releases (IEGD implemented the HAL in closed-source userspace code).My answer to this insult from Intel can't be published.

PS: You can tell Intel what you feel about this new insult at their survey (http://edc.intel.com/Software/Downloads/Graphics/Survey/). If you choose to do the same, please use real data, and don't go down to their level - no insults, swearing, etc. Just tell them their drivers aren't good for anything, why, and how you feel about it as a customer. As company I put community, and as position I wrote user. You can all do the same and try to make Intel understand how their position is hurting them and will hurt their sales in the future.

[lucazade]

Still more Intel crap

I've nothing to add.. really sad!

The only thing i can do is suggest my friends to not buy intel stuff anymore!
To avoid their products like plague.

I've already lost hopes of a decent driver some ages ago.

[jarodrig]

Hi
Did you see:

http://edc.intel.com/Software/Downloads/EMGD/

Intel® Embedded Media and Graphics Driver (EMGD)
Version: 1.5 Release date: october 6, 2010 File Size: 117 269KB

Intel(R) Embedded Media and Graphics Drivers (Intel(R) EMGD)
Version 1.5 Gold for
Windows* and LINUX release with production license

Supported Operating Systems
===========================
This version of driver supports following OS or distributions:
- Microsoft* Windows XP Professional* SP3,
Windows Embedded Standard* (WES*) 2009 and
Windows 7 (Win7) XPDM mode.
- MeeGo* 1.0.1 (IVI image) Kernel version 2.6.33, X-Server 1.8.0 and libVA 0.31, Mesa 7.8.
(For more detail info about specific Meego supported and where to download, please refer to
User's Guide).
- Fedora11(F11)* Kernel version 2.6.29, X-Server 1.6.4 with Mesa 7.6.
(The source is distributed from Timesys*. For more detail info about
specific F11 supported and where to download, please refer to User's Guide).

Regards

Jurek

Heyyy, "- MeeGo* 1.0.1 (IVI image) Kernel version 2.6.33, X-Server 1.8.0 and libVA 0.31, Mesa 7.8." That's not a good news?

[jbernardo]

Heyyy, "- MeeGo* 1.0.1 (IVI image) Kernel version 2.6.33, X-Server 1.8.0 and libVA 0.31, Mesa 7.8." That's not a good news?

Fully binary crap, including libva for which they had to include the sources. How is that good news?

[lucazade]

Heyyy, "- MeeGo* 1.0.1 (IVI image) Kernel version 2.6.33, X-Server 1.8.0 and libVA 0.31, Mesa 7.8." That's not a good news?

No. it is no a good news. It is a terrible news!

Please tell us why it should be good.. i'm so curious!

:popcorn:

[jarodrig]

Okkkkkkkkk please don't eat me :P. I think meebo is a flavour of debian and we could integrated this driver into a ubuntu. Now i'm figthing with maverick because don't show me the grub after install :(.

[lucazade]

Okkkkkkkkk please don't eat me :P. I think meebo is a flavour of debian and we could integrated this driver into a ubuntu. Now i'm figthing with maverick because don't show me the grub after install :(.

Meego is not a flavour of debian.
We spent a lot of time to make this crap work in Ubuntu and it will never run in it.
(grub in maverick has been updated in the latest days, they have fixed some terrible bugs)

[yvesdm3000]

Okkkkkkkkk please don't eat me :P. I think meebo is a flavour of debian and we could integrated this driver into a ubuntu. Now i'm figthing with maverick because don't show me the grub after install :(.

Maemo was kind of based a little bit on Debian (most packages are redone though, since the purpose is totally different). Meego doesn't even share the packaging system with Debian so it cannot ever be based on Debian ...

-Yves

[th3voic3]

I had this only for some few files. You can try

mplayer -va vaapi -vo x11 filename

which fixed things for me. I don't know if this is still accelerated, though.

Hey,
this works, but it leaves me with no way to get &quot;real&quot; fullscreen. Pressing f only gives me the same small picture with a large black border. :(
(I now installed Maverick by the way, hoping this would solve the problem)

[ollifl]

Oh crap! Been away for awhile and here's what's going on.
After the latest update everything else works fine except I can't watch any videos.

"No packages with requested Plugins"
the requested plugins are
Windows Media Video 8 decoder
Windows Media Audio 8 decoder

and VLC just gives me the finger saying

p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; } No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "WMA2". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "WMV3". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.




I've installed VAAPI etc, even from the command prompt mplayer does not play anything but sound.
:guitar::guitar::guitar:

[.fly]

Hey,
this works, but it leaves me with no way to get &quot;real&quot; fullscreen. Pressing f only gives me the same small picture with a large black border. :(
(I now installed Maverick by the way, hoping this would solve the problem)
mplayer -va vaapi -vo x11 -zoom filename

This should fix scaling, but I haven't tried it. This might me very slow, too. Remember -vo vaapi should work on most videos, so only use this fallback when artifacts occur. Longterm solution should be xv

[th3voic3]

mplayer -va vaapi -vo x11 -zoom filename

This should fix scaling, but I haven't tried it. This might me very slow, too. Remember -vo vaapi should work on most videos, so only use this fallback when artifacts occur. Longterm solution should be xv

It's just weird, because these are all videos that used to play just fine. (with the -vo vaapi switch)
And you were right this does fix scaling, but it's painfully slow.

[drzorcz]

and VLC just gives me the finger saying

p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; } No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "WMA2". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.
No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video format "WMV3". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this.




I've installed VAAPI etc, even from the command prompt mplayer does not play anything but sound.
:guitar::guitar::guitar:



I had the same problem and it is so for all video files, not only WMA/WMV. It seems that the vaapi solution doesn't work at all for us. (Any ideas, Guys?!?!)

What I did (coming back to the old idea) is: in VLC preferences (with gnome-mplayer it works too) you go to the video section and change the output from 'default' to 'x11'. This works better than it did in Lucid and some of the movies I can even watch in fullscreen mode... :popcorn:

[lucazade]

made some tests with mplayer and almost all went fine, only 1080p is not very smooth. (Acer751h and Maverick)

I took some video samples from http://www.digital-digest.com/movies/movie_index.php

10,000 B.C. - H.264 HD 720p (1280x544)
2 Fast 2 Furious - Trailers - [[DivX]] 3.11 (480x272)
2012 - H.264 HD 1080p (1920x800)
28 Days Later - [[DivX]] 5.1.1 (720x400)

"-vo vaapi -va vaapi" is enabled by default using mplayer from gma500 ppa
I'd like to know how are played in your system to find any remaning bugs.

[drzorcz]

made some tests with mplayer and almost all went fine, only 1080p is not very smooth. (Acer751h and Maverick)

I took some video samples from http://www.digital-digest.com/movies/movie_index.php

10,000 B.C. - H.264 HD 720p (1280x544)
2 Fast 2 Furious - Trailers - [[DivX]] 3.11 (480x272)
2012 - H.264 HD 1080p (1920x800)
28 Days Later - [[DivX]] 5.1.1 (720x400)

"-vo vaapi -va vaapi" is enabled by default using mplayer from gma500 ppa
I'd like to know how are played in your system to find any remaning bugs.

Luca,

I downloaded the same four films. In VLC (from official repo, with x11 output set) they all play well, maybe apart from '2012' - this resolution seems to be a bit too much for the configuration.

In gnome-mplayer on the other hand (installed from gma500 ppa, with '-va vaapi' & '-vo vaapi' both ON: I chcecked in the preferences) the movie doesn't even start. I mean: none of the films starts...

My system is Maverick RC (iso build from 07 Oct 2010) on Dell Mini 12.

[lucazade]

Luca,

I downloaded the same four films. In VLC (from official repo, with x11 output set) they all play well, maybe apart from '2012' - this resolution seems to be a bit too much for the configuration.

In gnome-mplayer on the other hand (installed from gma500 ppa, with '-va vaapi' & '-vo vaapi' both ON: I chcecked in the preferences) the movie doesn't even start. I mean: none of the films starts...

My system is Maverick RC (iso build from 07 Oct 2010) on Dell Mini 12.

Thanks drzorcz
could you try using mplayer from terminal?
here gnome-mplayer works the same way of mplayer. i haven't test vlc yet so i can't help atm.

[drzorcz]

Thanks drzorcz
could you try using mplayer from terminal?
here gnome-mplayer works the same way of mplayer. i haven't test vlc yet so i can't help atm.

That was smart of you to suggest (and really dumb of me not to try before) running mplayer from terminal. :P

It suggested some problems with libva1 package, so I had a look and it appeared my version of the package was wrong (1.0.1-3 from Ubuntu repo), so I upgraded it to gma500/ppa version and now mplayer works pretty fine. :guitar:

Sorry for trashing the thread - next time I'll check EVERYTHING before posting. :)

[lucazade]

That was smart of you to suggest (and really dumb of me not to try before) running mplayer from terminal. :P

It suggested some problems with libva1 package, so I had a look and it appeared my version of the package was wrong (1.0.1-3 from Ubuntu repo), so I upgraded it to gma500/ppa version and now mplayer works pretty fine. :guitar:

Sorry for trashing the thread - next time I'll check EVERYTHING before posting. :)

No, no trash.. it was a helpful feedback.
thanks again! :)

[jarodrig]

Can anyone put a poulsbo-config with compiz workaround update for maverick? because wi have install the later version of poulsbo-config with compiz workaround and when update the system, update poulsbo-config too without workaround

[lucazade]

Can anyone put a poulsbo-config with compiz workaround update for maverick? because wi have install the later version of poulsbo-config with compiz workaround and when update the system, update poulsbo-config too without workaround

I've uploaded an updated poulsbo-config package in gma500/fix (https://launchpad.net/~gma500/+archive/fix) (official ppa seems stable at the moment so i won't touch it without enough feedback)
It should fix:

* compiz dependency and add exanocomposite in xorg.conf (seems this workaround don't work good in kde, please report here (http://code.google.com/p/gma500/issues/detail?id=35))

* brightness hotkeys problem (report here (http://code.google.com/p/gma500/issues/detail?id=10))

enjoy!

[rapiertg]

Hi.

Everytime after installing gma500 on my hardware (Benq u121) i end up with black screen. Theres a workaround for this somewhere at the end of the site:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AfzktdIb2ExcZHJqcTd2bl8zZjY3Mm1iY24

This was tested on 9.10 and 10.4 and the tweak works. And now my question. Can something be done inside the driver about this?

[lucazade]

I've uploaded an updated poulsbo-config package in gma500/fix (https://launchpad.net/~gma500/+archive/fix) (official ppa seems stable at the moment so i won't touch it without enough feedback)
It should fix:

* compiz dependency and add exanocomposite in xorg.conf (seems this workaround don't work good in kde, please report here (http://code.google.com/p/gma500/issues/detail?id=35))

* brightness hotkeys problem (report here (http://code.google.com/p/gma500/issues/detail?id=10))

enjoy!

In maverick there is no need of exanocomposite workaround for compiz,
so i'm going to make another update in gma500/fix poulsbo-config

[konas]

In maverick there is no need of exanocomposite workaround for compiz,
so i'm going to make another update in gma500/fix poulsbo-config

I did the gma/fix update on my ACER 751h Maverick, and the brightness key are not functining, and it since then I can not resume from suspend. How can I reverse the changes?

[lucazade]

I did the gma/fix update on my ACER 751h Maverick, and the brightness key are not functining, and it since then I can not resume from suspend. How can I reverse the changes?

Yes that trick doesn't work for Acer, i think helps Asus eeepc.

Suspend was already broken before this package, i think it is related to latest maverick kernel.
If you look at maverick forum also other gfx cards suffer of this issue.

[konas]

Yes that trick doesn't work for Acer, i think helps Asus eeepc.

Suspend was already broken before this package, i think it is related to latest maverick kernel.
If you look at maverick forum also other gfx cards suffer of this issue.

But I used suspend before this package without problem in Maverick.

[lucazade]

But I used suspend before this package without problem in Maverick.

You were lucky so, i wasn't able in the latest weeks.

Which workaround you use for suspend? 99video or uswsusp?

[konas]

You were lucky so, i wasn't able in the latest weeks.

Which workaround you use for suspend? 99video or uswsusp?

99video. Worked perfectly both in Lucid and in Maverick.

So once again, how the I reverse the changes from your last package? :)

[lucazade]

99video. Worked perfectly both in Lucid and in Maverick.

So once again, how the I reverse the changes from your last package? :)

yes, i needed some info to understand better the situation

btw if you want to see if the updated poulsbo-config package is the source of your issue do a ppa-purge if you added the ppa.
otherwise if you downloaded the deb package manually you should ctlr+e package in synaptic and choose old version.

Simplier you can change the only thing is different in updated package
sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

restore GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

sudo update-grub

but since your are using an acer like me i can assure you the suspend issue doesn't depend on it.

[jbernardo]

Luca,
Form me (eeepc 1101ha) suspend works on maverick removing the 99video file.

BTW, what fix did you try for the brightness keys? acpi_skip_timer?

[lucazade]

Luca,
Form me (eeepc 1101ha) suspend works on maverick removing the 99video file.

BTW, what fix did you try for the brightness keys? acpi_skip_timer?

then suspend issue is a mystery! LOL

i've used "acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor"
also acpi_skip_timer?

[jbernardo]

then suspend issue is a mystery! LOL

i've used "acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor"
also acpi_skip_timer?

With the first two, the keys work, the slider moves on screen, but the brightness doesn't change. Adding acpi_skip_timer, the slider won't move. I just mentioned it because I saw it on some blog post as fixing the keys for some netbooks.

[MFonville]

With the first two, the keys work, the slider moves on screen, but the brightness doesn't change. Adding acpi_skip_timer, the slider won't move. I just mentioned it because I saw it on some blog post as fixing the keys for some netbooks.

For me with the first two the keys work, the slider moves and the brightness *does* change (but within different bounds than the slider on the screen suggests)

Asus Eeepc 1101HA

[lucazade]

For me with the first two the keys work, the slider moves and the brightness *does* change (but within different bounds than the slider on the screen suggests)

Asus Eeepc 1101HA

Do you use gnome, right?
Could you add the skip_timer and see if doesn't brake anything? This way i can also add this one for who need it.

(btw the same two acer and two asus that works in a different way.. this is not life!!)

[MFonville]

Do you use gnome, right?
Could you add the skip_timer and see if doesn't brake anything? This way i can also add this one for who need it.

(btw the same two acer and two asus that works in a different way.. this is not life!!)

Yups, I use gnome.
Just tested the acpi_skip_timer, it has no (negative) influence on my system at all. The brightness keys work exactly as before.

[MFonville]

Within 3 hours, all of you people will upgrade of course to the new Maverick Meerkat of Ubuntu. (If not already done so :P )

Since a new version of Ubuntu will mean different things breaking (again). Since the poulsbo driver is very good at being broken for people we would like to gather some information from the users and their different laptops/netbooks when working on Maverick.

This information we can use to put some sane defaults to the psb driver, and to give specific instructions for laptops/netbooks necessary to get things working properly.

So, when you are done upgrading to Maverick and using the gma500 ppa please have a look at this form (https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dENwSWtqajhUSXRlRzN6WFk4RzJRWlE6MQ#gid=0) and fill out as much information as accurate as possible? Your help can benefit many other users!

[th3voic3]

made some tests with mplayer and almost all went fine, only 1080p is not very smooth. (Acer751h and Maverick)

I took some video samples from http://www.digital-digest.com/movies/movie_index.php

10,000 B.C. - H.264 HD 720p (1280x544)
2 Fast 2 Furious - Trailers - [[DivX]] 3.11 (480x272)
2012 - H.264 HD 1080p (1920x800)
28 Days Later - [[DivX]] 5.1.1 (720x400)

"-vo vaapi -va vaapi" is enabled by default using mplayer from gma500 ppa
I'd like to know how are played in your system to find any remaning bugs.

I tested a divx and a h.264 trailer and they both work fine.
I don't know how exactly my videos are encoded, but the thing is they used to work fine, but some update broke that.
So there has to be a way to fix this. :(

[lucazade]

i've updated poulsbo-config for maverick in gma500/fix repo (use only for test, be careful!) :)

now it contains variuos fixes:
* compiz depency removed - now compiz is installable and working
* brightness hotkeys for Asus eeepc
* KMS enabled (added psb modules to initramfs and re-added vga16fb module to kernel. this also solves acer751h suspend issue)
* suspend workaround (by chmod /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video)

https://launchpad.net/~gma500/+archive/fix

[nekr0z]

Upgraded to Maverick. Desktop version works, 3D seems working (GLXgears is smooth enough), but Netbook version doesnt. Is it supposed to?

[montyw]

Having just installed Maverick and been through this thread I'm still struggling to get the Netbook version working.

I've updated to the Pulsbo drivers as described and the Desktop version now works in terms of showing the correct resolution. But the Netbook version does not..

It tries to load the desktop but seems to be doing so over and over, after about 10 or 20 seconds of sitting with just the wallpaper visible. I can click menus when it thinks the desktop is loaded, and I can even logout again this way (by knowing where I'm clicking). There are some elements of the screen which are graphically corrupted, down the left and when loading is in progress, along the top as well.

Is it just a fact that Maverick's Netbook version isn't going to work on this chipset, and something we have to accept?

Thanks,
Monty

Dell Inspiron Mini 10

[lucazade]

Having just installed Maverick and been through this thread I'm still struggling to get the Netbook version working.

I've updated to the Pulsbo drivers as described and the Desktop version now works in terms of showing the correct resolution. But the Netbook version does not..

It tries to load the desktop but seems to be doing so over and over, after about 10 or 20 seconds of sitting with just the wallpaper visible. I can click menus when it thinks the desktop is loaded, and I can even logout again this way (by knowing where I'm clicking). There are some elements of the screen which are graphically corrupted, down the left and when loading is in progress, along the top as well.

Is it just a fact that Maverick's Netbook version isn't going to work on this chipset, and something we have to accept?

Thanks,
Monty

Dell Inspiron Mini 10

Unity doesn't work and we don't have solution at the moment. :|
There is bug open here (http://code.google.com/p/gma500/issues/detail?id=39)

[jesusotero]

I'm running the latest version of maverick, on an Asus 1201HA, psb drivers are working better than in the last release (even with some fn keys supported). composite is smoother with metacity than compiz (goodbye nice effects :(), still, there's something that i have never gotten to work around, the boot splash screen. It just shows a purple background with ubuntu 10.10 in plain text, and 5 dots "loading". Is there any way to change this boot screen to what it should be?.

[lucazade]

I'm running the latest version of maverick, on an Asus 1201HA, psb drivers are working better than in the latest release (even with some fn keys supported). composite is smoother with metacity than compiz (goodbye nice effects :(), still, there's something that i have never gotten to work around, the boot splash screen. It just shows a purple background with ubuntu 10.10 in plain text, and 5 dots "loading". Is there any way to change this boot screen to what it should be?.

I'm trying to get a decent boot screen in maverick in any way but without success. :(

[PilotPaul]

Still having suspend probelms with 751h even with the poulsbo-config from the fix ppa. System enters suspend state ok but returns to a black screen (but active - brightness is evident). Switching to virtual terminal doesnt work (i.e. ctrl-alt-f2) either. Any ideas Luca?

Paul

[lucazade]

Still having suspend probelms with 751h even with the poulsbo-config from the fix ppa. System enters suspend state ok but returns to a black screen (but active - brightness is evident). Switching to virtual terminal doesnt work (i.e. ctrl-alt-f2) either. Any ideas Luca?

Paul

Yes still happen here too.
I've found that suspend work for me when kms is actived (psb module loaded in initramfs) allowing also a native resolution startup but, unfortunately, after some reboots kms is broken loosing suspend and high resolution startup.

Another way to have suspend working is disabling kms, switch fb_no=0 in modprobe.d file.. this gives a hires startup and suspend but it breaks most of the time system shutdown,
It is really tricky and hard to debug.

[simplygades]

I'm trying to get a decent boot screen in maverick in any way but without success. :(


Thought you would like to try and confirm this one. Maybe with a bit of luck, I managed to see a beautiful plymouth, using this tutorial:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Fix-the-Big-and-Ugly-Plymouth-Logo-in-Ubuntu-10-04-140810.shtml

However I've currently replaced the "1280x1024" line with "1366x768". I know it shouldn't make a difference, but I think this prevented everything from being scrambled after an initial Plymouth screen. I'll check it again.
EDIT: Has nothing to do finally.

"no_fb=0"
in /etc/modprobe.d/poulsbo.conf


Please ignore the attached files.

[sammyboy405]

Updated for instructions for using 10.10

[lucazade]

Thought you would like to try and confirm this one. Maybe with a bit of luck, I managed to see a beautiful plymouth, using this tutorial:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Fix-the-Big-and-Ugly-Plymouth-Logo-in-Ubuntu-10-04-140810.shtml

However I've currently replaced the "1280x1024" line with "1366x768". I know it shouldn't make a difference, but I think this prevented everything from being scrambled after an initial Plymouth screen. I'll check it again.
EDIT: Has nothing to do finally.

"no_fb=0"
in /etc/modprobe.d/poulsbo.conf


Please ignore the attached files.


with no_fb=0 are you always able to restart and shutdown? here sometimes hangs with a black screen!

[simplygades]

with no_fb=0 are you always able to restart and shutdown? here sometimes hangs with a black screen!

So far yes, but I just noticed plymouth only appears on boot while I had managed it to boot and shutdown really smoothly. I'll try again and report.

Another issue I noticed with Maverick in Gnome, is that some fragments of the menus stay on the screen sometimes, and dissappear sometime later in a random way. Has anyone else noticed this behavior?

[lucazade]

Another issue I noticed with Maverick in Gnome, is that some fragments of the menus stay on the screen sometimes, and dissappear sometime later in a random way. Has anyone else noticed this behavior?

Yes, enabling metacity compositor there are some glicthes with menu dropshadows. there is an upstream bug in launchpad, it seems it doesn't depend on poulsbo anyway, it affects also other graphic cards.

[simplygades]

Update regarding Plymouth:

Setting:

/etc/modprobe.d/poulsbo.conf :

options psb disable_vsync=1 no_fb=1and

/etc/initramfs-tools/modules:

# List of modules that you want to include in your initramfs.
#
# Syntax: module_name [args ...]
#
# You must run update-initramfs(8) to effect this change.
#
# Examples:
#
# raid1
# sd_mod
# psb
# drm_psb
uvesafb mode_option=1366x768-24 mtrr=3 scroll=ywrap/etc/default/grub:


GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1366x768-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap"
...
...
...
GRUB_GFXMODE=1366x768
and executing in a terminal:

echo FRAMEBUFFER=y | sudo tee /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splashsudo apt-get install v86d
sudo update-grub2 && sudo update-initramfs -uand rebooting afterwards gave me graphical plymouth screen both on startup and shutdown and no suspend/shutdown problems so far. Hope it's all good indeed.. :roll:

[lucazade]

[B]Update regarding Plymouth:
...
and rebooting afterwards gave me graphical plymouth screen both on startup and shutdown and no suspend/shutdown problems so far. Hope it's all good indeed.. :roll:

It works like a charm!
Nice plymouth at startup and shutdown.
Working suspend and no shutdown issue.
Fine.. it seems not a poulsbo chipset!

now the issue is how to integrate this fix in poulsbo-config because we have to specify a resolution statically and it may vary on netbooks.

anyway great stuff!

note: from terminal this should print out display size:
xrandr | grep \* | cut -d' ' -f4
maybe useful to integrate fix.

[dtruesdale]

What is the best way to upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10 with the repository changes? I keep getting the calculating error every time I try to upgrade to Maverick.Is it one of the 3rd party ppa repo's?

[legoman666]

Following the directions in post 1 for 10.10 on a Dell 1010 makes X not work after rebooting after changing xorg.conf. I had no idea how to fix it so I had to reinstall 10.10 twice.

[zombolo]

Any way to install 10.10 on vaio p?
I am stuck at boot with blank screen initram dialogue.
2000mb ctrl+x seems not working.

Thanks in advance!!!

[lucazade]

Any way to install 10.10 on vaio p?
I am stuck at boot with blank screen initram dialogue.
2000mb ctrl+x seems not working.

Thanks in advance!!!

if mem=xxxxmb doesn't work anymore with vaio in maverick (i can't test myself) maybe this workaround could help.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9943642&postcount=2077

[lucazade]

What is the best way to upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10 with the repository changes? I keep getting the calculating error every time I try to upgrade to Maverick.Is it one of the 3rd party ppa repo's?

Haven't tried upgrading from lucid to maverick, i did a clean install, so no personal experience for this thing.
We need some feedback about this to know if there is any issue.

Anyway if gives a blank screen it is maybe due to an old psb-kernel-source installed in lucid that suffer of a dkms problem.
this solved most of time:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9890525&highlight=purge#post9890525

[jbernardo]

Update regarding Plymouth:
[...]and rebooting afterwards gave me graphical plymouth screen both on startup and shutdown and no suspend/shutdown problems so far. Hope it's all good indeed.. :roll:

It also works well on my 1101HA running kubuntu. And the terminals aren't corrupted, I can switch to them with ctrl-alt-fn. Thanks!

[zombolo]

if mem=xxxxmb doesn't work anymore with vaio in maverick (i can't test myself) maybe this workaround could help.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9943642&postcount=2077

Many thanks, for the moment it seem impossible to install 10.10 from usb. :/
It is really a pity, I would like to try this new version of Ubuntu on my Vaio P.

[th3voic3]

I tested a divx and a h.264 trailer and they both work fine.
I don't know how exactly my videos are encoded, but the thing is they used to work fine, but some update broke that.
So there has to be a way to fix this. :(

Hey,

I just checked with VLC and the videos in question are all XVID videos.
Hope that helps. If you need a log or anything else, please tell me!

[toinou]

Hello
I've been following this topic fo a few weeks now.
On Ubuntu 10.04, enabling Compiz broke the sleep fonctionality on my laptop.
With the latest kernel my laptop was unable to wake from sleep anymore (I tried every workaround from this topic with no success), with or without Compiz Enabled.
I went ahead and installed maverick, and with the latest tips from simplygades and lucazade, everything works great now.

Compiz in enabled, Boot Screen looks really pretty and my laptop wakes from sleep withous any issue.
I built mplayer-vaapi and gstreamer-vaapi rather than using the repository and used the workaround for flash video.
I really am very happy with my laptop, with its great battery life, its ability to play 1080p movies, and its decent speed.
I'd like to thank you all for your help. If anybody needs me to list the settings I used, just let me know.

My config : EeePC 1201HA (Z520/2GB/250GB) with Ubuntu 10.10 and poulsbo driver from gma500 PPA and poulsbo-config from gma500/fix PPA.

Toinou

[nekr0z]

It works like a charm!
Nice plymouth at startup and shutdown.

On my EeePC 1101HA Plymouth works perfectly with this fix, but X refuses to start.

[lucazade]

On my EeePC 1101HA Plymouth works perfectly with this fix, but X refuses to start.

too bad.. this fix seemed to work nicely to most of gma500 netbooks!

after plymouth splash you get only a black screen?
have you tried switching vt terminals (ctrl-alt-f1 and ctrl-alt-f7 to switch back to X)?
what happen if you temporary disable "splash" from grub parameters? does it work?
could you paste Xorg.0.log.old which contains broken startup attempts?

[nekr0z]

too bad.. this fix seemed to work nicely to most of gma500 netbooks!

after plymouth splash you get only a black screen?
have you tried switching vt terminals (ctrl-alt-f1 and ctrl-alt-f7 to switch back to X)?
what happen if you temporary disable "splash" from grub parameters? does it work?
could you paste Xorg.0.log.old which contains broken startup attempts?

My bad, I've commented out Driver "psb" line in xorg.conf by mistake. Took me best part of the day to realize it :(

And no, no VTs in this case (in case someone hits the same rake), lucky I was able to ssh into the netbook.

BTW, Luca, is the DRI section in xorf.conf still required by now? Works with it, works without it - what's the difference supposed to be?

[lucazade]

My bad, I've commented out Driver "psb" line in xorg.conf by mistake. Took me best part of the day to realize it :(

And no, no VTs in this case (in case someone hits the same rake), lucky I was able to ssh into the netbook.

BTW, Luca, is the DRI section in xorf.conf still required by now? Works with it, works without it - what's the difference supposed to be?

don't think it is useful, i thought to remove it from default.. but who knows.. better to leave for anybody to avoid issues.

[discoltk]

Any way to install 10.10 on vaio p?
I am stuck at boot with blank screen initram dialogue.
2000mb ctrl+x seems not working.

Thanks in advance!!!

I had this issue on my Vaio P. When the Ubuntu splash screen starts up hit F6, then F6 again for more options. I randomly disabled the options there and got it to work. I didn't take the time to figure out which choice was the important one.

There are other problems with 10.10 on Vaio P, unfortunately. The synaptics driver loads during the install screen for the touchpad and stick, but once installed it does not show up as an input device at all!

Also, installing PPA source and poulsbo drivers causes X to fail to start.

I don't have a lot of time or motivation to troubleshoot this...

[scubajeff]

I'm a sony vaio x user. I have been using this driver since karmic. upgraded to maverick yesterday, the new driver for maverick seems to work fine. However i lost usb function, and because bluetooth, sd all depends on usb on this machine, i lost them too. After some google, i found out that adding "acpi=off" to grub can bring usb back, but the psb driver doesn't work under this setting. Any help?

[legoman666]

I'm a sony vaio x user. I have been using this driver since karmic. upgraded to maverick yesterday, the new driver for maverick seems to work fine. However i lost usb function, and because bluetooth, sd all depends on usb on this machine, i lost them too. After some google, i found out that adding "acpi=off" to grub can bring usb back, but the psb driver doesn't work under this setting. Any help?

I also seem to have lost USB, which would explain my frustration at getting ubuntu to recognize that there's a flash drive plugged in.

[scubajeff]

I also seem to have lost USB, which would explain my frustration at getting ubuntu to recognize that there's a flash drive plugged in.

have u try adding "acpi=off" to grub? does this bring back the usb? does it conflict with gma driver?

[droidhacker]

Okkkkkkkkk please don't eat me :P. I think meebo is a flavour of debian and we could integrated this driver into a ubuntu. Now i'm figthing with maverick because don't show me the grub after install :(.

Meego is closer to moblin, which was based on FEDORA.

[legoman666]

have u try adding "acpi=off" to grub? does this bring back the usb? does it conflict with gma driver?

I added that to my grub config and it made my computer no longer boot.

[PilotPaul]

751h still not working right even with the plymouth fixes detailed above. I suspect making multiple changes has messed up my config - I'll try a clean install of 10.10 and see how it goes - happy to test a new poulsbo-config if one is available...

Paul

[lucazade]

happy to test a new poulsbo-config if one is available...


work in progress! :)

[txutxifel]

I've just fixed plymount and upgraded poulsbo-config of gma500/fix. Plymount works fine, but i've found some mistakes:
- suspend don't works fine. Always computer restarts a few seconds... and a message appear of a error in psb driver or somethink similar (i haven't time to read it). It worked good, I don't know what is the blame.
- Wifi and touchpad fn bottons don't works ( brightness is ok, but only in gnome, not in kde).

Thanks for your job, and I'm sure your get it!!!

[th3voic3]

Hello
I've been following this topic fo a few weeks now.
On Ubuntu 10.04, enabling Compiz broke the sleep fonctionality on my laptop.
With the latest kernel my laptop was unable to wake from sleep anymore (I tried every workaround from this topic with no success), with or without Compiz Enabled.
I went ahead and installed maverick, and with the latest tips from simplygades and lucazade, everything works great now.

Compiz in enabled, Boot Screen looks really pretty and my laptop wakes from sleep withous any issue.
I built mplayer-vaapi and gstreamer-vaapi rather than using the repository and used the workaround for flash video.
I really am very happy with my laptop, with its great battery life, its ability to play 1080p movies, and its decent speed.
I'd like to thank you all for your help. If anybody needs me to list the settings I used, just let me know.

My config : EeePC 1201HA (Z520/2GB/250GB) with Ubuntu 10.10 and poulsbo driver from gma500 PPA and poulsbo-config from gma500/fix PPA.

Toinou


I also have a EeePC 1201HA only I use the gma 500 ppa exclusively and haven't build anything from source. After reading your post I tried building mplayer-vaapi from source, but I still can't play xvid videos properly (anymore). I don't know how to build gstreamer-vaapi so I haven't tried that yet.

[lucazade]

A new poulsbo-config package is currently building in gma500/fix ppa.
It contains updated workarounds and fixes thanks to simplygades suggestion.

* compiz is installable and working
* brightness hotkeys for Asus eeepc
* Plymouth splash screen full resolution
* suspend
* shutdown/restart issues

By fixing plymouth we have native resolution virtual terminals and these help suspend and shutdown routines.

[scubajeff]

I added that to my grub config and it made my computer no longer boot.

hang on boot, or hang on X?

[michael37]

A new poulsbo-config package is currently building in gma500/fix ppa.
It contains updated workarounds and fixes thanks to simplygades suggestion.

* compiz is installable and working
* brightness hotkeys for Asus eeepc
* Plymouth splash screen full resolution
* suspend
* shutdown/restart issues

By fixing plymouth we have native resolution virtual terminals and these help suspend and shutdown routines.

Any chance you can put together poulsbo-config for lucid? I am planning to stay on LTS for a while, and so will a number of users I think.

Otherwise, could you please list the changes? I'll be glad to test them one-off. This thread is getting a bit unwieldy and nearly impossible to track.

[lucazade]

Any chance you can put together poulsbo-config for lucid? I am planning to stay on LTS for a while, and so will a number of users I think.

Otherwise, could you please list the changes? I'll be glad to test them one-off. This thread is getting a bit unwieldy and nearly impossible to track.

I would at first integrate all the known fixes in poulsbo-config for maverick because is the only version i've installed and then making a lucid version also.

if you want to see which are the workarounds applied take a look at this branch, it contains source code for updated poulsbo-config:
https://code.launchpad.net/~gma500/+junk/gma500-maverick

mainly differences are in postinst, postrc, control file, poulsbo.conf, xorgconfig.py
(if you try them remember compiz needs exanocomposite in lucid)

[PilotPaul]

Tried the new poulsbo-config on a clean install of Maverick (plus initial updates) on an Acer Aspire One 751h. No improvement I'm afraid. The new config script runs fine but I still have a simple font Ubuntu splash screen and suspend still refuses to recover (just get a faintly illuminated blank screen). I am running BIOS 3212 (i.e. the latest) with 2 GB RAM.

[lucazade]

Tried the new poulsbo-config on a clean install of Maverick (plus initial updates) on an Acer Aspire One 751h. No improvement I'm afraid. The new config script runs fine but I still have a simple font Ubuntu splash screen and suspend still refuses to recover (just get a faintly illuminated blank screen). I am running BIOS 3212 (i.e. the latest) with 2 GB RAM.

Ok! Could you paste these files on http://paste.ubuntu.com/ ?
/etc/initramfs-tools/modules
/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash
/etc/default/grub
/etc/modprobe.d/poulsbo.conf

and also the output of:
sudo dpkg -l 'v86d'

thanks

[PilotPaul]

Luca,

Files pasted as requested at http://paste.ubuntu.com/512223/. Also my dmesg output , suspend.log and xorg.0.log. Let me know if you need anything else.

Good luck!

Paul

[lucazade]

Luca,

Files pasted as requested at http://paste.ubuntu.com/512223/. Also my dmesg output , suspend.log and xorg.0.log. Let me know if you need anything else.

Good luck!

Paul

files are ok, are patched correctly! :)
now is a matter of principle!

could you paste also /etc/modprobe.d/poulsbo.conf

try to update also this and reboot
sudo update-grub2 && sudo update-initramfs -u

[PilotPaul]

Luca,

poulsbo.conf has:

options psb disable_vsync=1 no_fb=1

Running other commands now...

...no change :-(

[lucazade]

Luca,

poulsbo.conf has:

options psb disable_vsync=1 no_fb=1

Running other commands now...

...no change :-(

found why don't work for you plymouth

2.654711] uvesafb: Intel Corporation, Intel(r)Poulsbo Graphics Controller, Hardware Version 0.0, OEM: Intel(r)Poulsbo Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS, VBE v3.0
[ 2.660670] uvesafb: VBIOS/hardware supports DDC2 transfers
[ 2.673093] uvesafb: monitor limits: vf = 60 Hz, hf = 48 kHz, clk = 72 MHz
[ 2.673249] uvesafb: scrolling: redraw
[ 2.673260] uvesafb: cannot reserve video memory at 0x7f800000
[ 2.673278] uvesafb: probe of uvesafb.0 failed with error -5

i have got 1gb on my acer.. maybe related to this
it should be like this:

uvesafb: Intel Corporation, Intel(r)Poulsbo Graphics Controller, Hardware Version 0.0, OEM: Intel(r)Poulsbo Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS, VBE v3.0
[ 2.467213] uvesafb: VBIOS/hardware supports DDC2 transfers
[ 2.480486] uvesafb: monitor limits: vf = 60 Hz, hf = 48 kHz, clk = 72 MHz
[ 2.480646] uvesafb: scrolling: redraw
[ 2.483363] mtrr: type mismatch for 3f800000,400000 old: write-back new: write-combining
[ 2.483375] mtrr: type mismatch for 3f800000,200000 old: write-back new: write-combining
[ 2.483385] mtrr: type mismatch for 3f800000,100000 old: write-back new: write-combining
[ 2.483395] mtrr: type mismatch for 3f800000,80000 old: write-back new: write-combining
[ 2.483405] mtrr: type mismatch for 3f800000,40000 old: write-back new: write-combining
[ 2.483415] mtrr: type mismatch for 3f800000,20000 old: write-back new: write-combining
[ 2.483425] mtrr: type mismatch for 3f800000,10000 old: write-back new: write-combining
[ 2.483435] mtrr: type mismatch for 3f800000,8000 old: write-back new: write-combining
[ 2.483445] mtrr: type mismatch for 3f800000,4000 old: write-back new: write-combining
[ 2.483455] mtrr: type mismatch for 3f800000,2000 old: write-back new: write-combining
[ 2.483465] mtrr: type mismatch for 3f800000,1000 old: write-back new: write-combining
[ 3.328115] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
[ 3.367577] uvesafb: framebuffer at 0x3f800000, mapped to 0xf8100000, using 6144k, total 7872k
[ 3.367587] fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device


there is also a buffer-underrun in your dmesg log about drm, i never seen it.
i need some time to investigate why uvesafb don't work for you.

[lucazade]

@PilotPaul

quoted from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne/AO751h

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash mem=1908mb" the mem kernel argument fences the amount of memory you are allowing the kernel to see, and the remainder is for the Graphics Card. In this example this is a 2GB system (2048MB-1908MB=)140MB available for video. Adjust to your needs.

could you try to edit this kernel parameter in grub?

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

modify this line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash quiet"

into:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash quiet mem=1908mb"

close gedit

sudo update-grub2

reboot

and paste dmesg again!
tnx for your patience!

[PilotPaul]

@PilotPaul

quoted from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne/AO751h

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash mem=1908mb" the mem kernel argument fences the amount of memory you are allowing the kernel to see, and the remainder is for the Graphics Card. In this example this is a 2GB system (2048MB-1908MB=)140MB available for video. Adjust to your needs.

could you try to edit this kernel parameter in grub?

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

modify this line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash quiet"

into:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash quiet mem=1908mb"

close gedit

sudo update-grub2

reboot

and paste dmesg again!
tnx for your patience!
Yes I thought that also - tried it with no luck I'm afraid! However, I came across this (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=91923) post that may help...have to go to work now :-( but will try it and check when I get back tonight.

Thanks for all your help Luca

Paul

[lucazade]

Yes I thought that also - tried it with no luck I'm afraid! However, I came across this (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=91923) post that may help...have to go to work now :-( but will try it and check when I get back tonight.

Thanks for all your help Luca

Paul

nice find, memmap should do the trick!
let us know!

[zehjotkah]

I've the same problem regarding plymouth still not working after the patch on my Nokia Booklet 3G.
Let us know if it worked..

[dtruesdale]

ok have AO751H and installed 10.10 fresh and have issues with the touchpad not working at all on boot. once I add the video driver all I get is boot up to the apparmor line and it just sits there. In 10.04 didn't have these issues......any ideas?

[ddumanis]

Any thoughts on stopping Compiz from breaking suspend on this chip?

Mine (Asus 1201HAB) suspends fine, but when it resumes it's a gray screen...

[yeahitsmeagain]

My Dell Mini 12 isn't enjoying this latest upgrade. After the install it froze, after reboot I got the GNU GRUB screen, couple of more reboots it now works for about 2-3 minutes. The whole machine freezes and has to be turned off to reboot.

I certainly don't mean to be ungrateful for all the hard work, I've appreciated the results of everyone's effort for a long time with no issues.

I can provide any info from the machine, provided it is something I can run in the 2-3 minute window!

[dtruesdale]

Also getting this error when trying to get the drivers from the ppa:


W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 5A5366B134BA7AE9

Can this be ignored, I don't remember if I did in 10.04.....

[lucazade]

ok have AO751H and installed 10.10 fresh and have issues with the touchpad not working at all on boot. once I add the video driver all I get is boot up to the apparmor line and it just sits there. In 10.04 didn't have these issues......any ideas?

Did you follow instructions from poulsbo wiki?
and have added also the experimental poulsbo package from gma500/fix?

[lucazade]

My Dell Mini 12 isn't enjoying this latest upgrade. After the install it froze, after reboot I got the GNU GRUB screen, couple of more reboots it now works for about 2-3 minutes. The whole machine freezes and has to be turned off to reboot.

I certainly don't mean to be ungrateful for all the hard work, I've appreciated the results of everyone's effort for a long time with no issues.

I can provide any info from the machine, provided it is something I can run in the 2-3 minute window!

Have you installed poulsbo-config from gma500/fix ppa?
Could you paste:
/etc/initramfs-tools/modules
/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash
/etc/default/grub
/etc/modprobe.d/poulsbo.conf

and also the output of:
sudo dpkg -l 'v86d'
and of:
dmseg

[lucazade]

The situation is a bit strange because here it works everything (acer751 1gb and maverick):
2D and 3D
hd video playback
compiz
plymouth splash
suspend
shutdown and restart
flash plaugin replacer
wifi, usb, touchpad

it works smooth and i'm quiet satisfied with.
i'm sure we will find a solution for the problems i've read before, unfortunately i do another kind of job in my life and here i'm only trying to take out the best i can.

[yeahitsmeagain]

Have you installed poulsbo-config from gma500/fix ppa?
Could you paste:
/etc/initramfs-tools/modules
/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash
/etc/default/grub
/etc/modprobe.d/poulsbo.conf

and also the output of:
sudo dpkg -l 'v86d'
and of:
dmseg

Yes, it was running fine until the upgrade you referred in post #2131.

http://paste.ubuntu.com/512525/

I posted what you asked for here. Thanks so much for your help!

[ddumanis]

Actually, I now have suspend + compiz working great on Lucid.

The solution: I switched to USWSUSP for suspend, using the directions on the wiki.

Thanks again to Lucazade and all other contributors. This is nice to see!

[Udibuntu]

Luca hi,

Do you suggest then an upgrade to Maverick? (751, 1gig RAM, Lucid)

[lucazade]

Yes, it was running fine until the upgrade you referred in post #2131.

http://paste.ubuntu.com/512525/

I posted what you asked for here. Thanks so much for your help!

Files are ok.. You have the same issue of PilotPaul and Zehjotkah.
uvesafb: cannot reserve video memory at 0x3f800000

you could try this workaround but it didn't work for Zehjotkah.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=91923

could you post again dmesg because it lacks first lines?

[lucazade]

Luca hi,

Do you suggest then an upgrade to Maverick? (751, 1gig RAM, Lucid)

If you can install it alongside lucid.. this way if something doesn't work you still have a working machine and you can restore maverick using only gma500 official ppa.

[serbantes]

Hi guys,

I have a problem, i just installed unr 10.10 and i can't install the gma 500 driver (i'm very new to ubuntu) , i type the code into the terminal and i get the following output:

"Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 0603B16772FA287804FD5DDD5A5366B134BA7AE9
gpg: requesting key 34BA7AE9 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key 34BA7AE9: "Launchpad GMA500 PPA" not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: unchanged: 1
sudo: aptitude: command not found"

:confused::confused::confused:

[lucazade]

Hi guys,

I have a problem, i just installed unr 10.10 and i can't install the gma 500 driver (i'm very new to ubuntu) , i type the code into the terminal and i get the following output:

"Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 0603B16772FA287804FD5DDD5A5366B134BA7AE9
gpg: requesting key 34BA7AE9 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key 34BA7AE9: "Launchpad GMA500 PPA" not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: unchanged: 1
sudo: aptitude: command not found"

:confused::confused::confused:

if i well remember aptitude was removed from maverick default software. please confirm anyone!
use "apt-get" instead of "aptitude"

[MFonville]

if i well remember aptitude was removed from maverick default software. please confirm anyone!
use "apt-get" instead of "aptitude"

seriously, did they remove it as default? :S
That is really strange since aptitude was developed I believe with the idea that it would replace apt-get some day as default...

[serbantes]

Thanks lots!! It works :P:P
:guitar:

[simplygades]

if i well remember aptitude was removed from maverick default software. please confirm anyone!
use "apt-get" instead of "aptitude"

That is correct.

By the way, suspend on my ao751 broke I think after the last update, is that so on your machine Luca? I use the 99video method, if so, switching to the alternative would make things up? Thanks.

[nekr0z]

if i well remember aptitude was removed from maverick default software. please confirm anyone!
use "apt-get" instead of "aptitude"
Yes, they did. More than that, it is autoremoved during upgrade, one has to reinstall it manually…

Now, I can understand this on desktop (understand, not approve of, mind you), but they did the same thing on server, too!

[yeahitsmeagain]

if i well remember aptitude was removed from maverick default software. please confirm anyone!
use "apt-get" instead of "aptitude"

I ran into that as well, had to install aptitude, Apt-get wouldn't work either.

[MFonville]

I ran into that as well, had to install aptitude, Apt-get wouldn't work either.

I updated in the wiki. Still I do find it a strange decision (and apparently there was a 'heated' discussion about it) of the Ubuntu developers...

[dtruesdale]

Ok folks figured out part of my situation, can not use Kubuntu 10.10 to achieve same effect. Has to be Ubuntu 10.10. Now that has been cleared up I am still having touchpad issue, not working after install. Also the wifi is not working out of the box in 10.10. Install the gma500 and reboot and now all I get is a login prompt.

[Udibuntu]

If you can install it alongside lucid.. this way if something doesn't work you still have a working machine and you can restore maverick using only gma500 official ppa.

OK, I'll wait for a more persistent, excellent GMA500 performance on Maverick.

Cheers

[jbernardo]

Ok folks figured out part of my situation, can not use Kubuntu 10.10 to achieve same effect. Has to be Ubuntu 10.10. Now that has been cleared up I am still having touchpad issue, not working after install. Also the wifi is not working out of the box in 10.10. Install the gma500 and reboot and now all I get is a login prompt.

Strange, as I am running kubuntu here on my 1101HA. Both the touchpad and wifi work well also.

[dtruesdale]

Strange, as I am running kubuntu here on my 1101HA. Both the touchpad and wifi work well also.

Not sure then cause I have loaded Kubuntu and Ubuntu 10.10 and both on my AO751H have not loaded the wifi and the touchpad during install works it is after install it doesn't I have to hookup a usb mouse to use it. Lucid worked great but I thought I would try Maverick.

[yeahitsmeagain]

Files are ok.. You have the same issue of PilotPaul and Zehjotkah.
uvesafb: cannot reserve video memory at 0x3f800000

you could try this workaround but it didn't work for Zehjotkah.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=91923

could you post again dmesg because it lacks first lines?

I will try that workaround and report back.

Here is the full dmesg http://paste.ubuntu.com/512587/

[discoltk]

Not sure then cause I have loaded Kubuntu and Ubuntu 10.10 and both on my AO751H have not loaded the wifi and the touchpad during install works it is after install it doesn't I have to hookup a usb mouse to use it. Lucid worked great but I thought I would try Maverick.

I have a synaptics touchpad & stick on my Sony P, work during Maverick install but stops showing up post-install. Not listed as an input device at all....

[dtruesdale]

I have a synaptics touchpad & stick on my Sony P, work during Maverick install but stops showing up post-install. Not listed as an input device at all....

Ok mine is working now did a another install and did a complete format. It is working now, now onto the gma500 stuff to install.

[scubajeff]

ok, guys, i manage to solve the a kernel issue stopping Maverick from recognizing USB. since the problem is likely related to memory conflict between gma500 driver and ACPI data area, i post it in this thread for your information.

machine model: sony vaio x, cpu z530, memory 2GB
problem: maverick can boot and latest GMA500 driver in this thread works, but missing usb hotplug, bluetooth, sd, memorystick.

By digging dmesg output, found that ehci_hcd is trying to use io mem 0x7f800000 but fails and stops loading, and psb driver is also complaining it can't use memory range from 0x7f800000. So that is the problem.

Solution: by adding memmap=1K#0x7f800000 to your grub config, update grub and reboot. everything work again!

[scubajeff]

the problem could well be a kernel issue and hopefully ubuntu team can fix it soon and the above hack will be obsolete.

[dtruesdale]

Ok got everything in place with maverick. Trying to get a simple game called Haven & Hearth to run it uses java. I have a few other games using java and they run fine but Haven & Hearth just loads then nothing, it stutters to move. I have the memory setup in grub to mem=1920mb How can you tell if the video driver is using all the memory?

[discoltk]

ok, guys, i manage to solve the a kernel issue stopping Maverick from recognizing USB. since the problem is likely related to memory conflict between gma500 driver and ACPI data area, i post it in this thread for your information.

machine model: sony vaio x, cpu z530, memory 2GB
problem: maverick can boot and latest GMA500 driver in this thread works, but missing usb hotplug, bluetooth, sd, memorystick.

By digging dmesg output, found that ehci_hcd is trying to use io mem 0x7f800000 but fails and stops loading, and psb driver is also complaining it can't use memory range from 0x7f800000. So that is the problem.

Solution: by adding memmap=1K#0x7f800000 to your grub config, update grub and reboot. everything work again!

This is the single most helpful thing anyone has done for me ever! Thanks a bunch, was really pulling my hair out.

[PilotPaul]

OK, tried various combinations of memmap ranges on my 751h (2 GB) with no success. However, further googling revealed that adding "pci=nocrs" can be of assistance. Tried it and hey presto everything now seems to work! To be honest I am not sure exactly why and what the implications of using this parameter are but at least I can now proceed further with Maverick.

If anyone can shed any light as to what exactly is going on here then I would be most interested!

Thanks to all

Paul

[Spock112]

Hey,

I'm on a Asus 1101HA (2GB Ram). I upgraded to 10.10 (no fresh install) without any problem. Thank you all for your work, nice job.

aptitude is still there, usb seems to work, also wireless ...

with the uvesafb and mem=1908 (mem=1920 didn't work) plymouth works - at least on startup (vt's also work). on shutdown I get a short flash of the hole image (seems to be the last from startup) then the screen is black and I get only the the red and white dots with a puple box arround them.

I still get some could not reserve mem ....
So here is my dmesg output http://paste.ubuntu.com/512978/ maybe someone can give me a hint ^^.
"pci=nocrs" didn't change anything.

THX

[lucazade]

I've updated poulsbo-package in gma500/fix cleaning its code and fix some error.
It should also take care of clean and not clean maverick installation.

i've installed another maverick partition in my acer751h 1gb and everything work fine..

Haven't added yet "pci=nocrs" , "memmap" and "mem=1908mb" kernel parameters because with need to know which netbooks are affected, so take care of check these again, if you added before manually, in your grub file.

here everything went fine out-of-the-box better than my nvidia laptop, never happend before!
so i'm confident we'll fix it decently, but we need a case studies on the latest 3 kernel params because are netbook related (i.e. i don't need them) !

at the moment these are kernel parameters set by grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_skip_timer nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=$native-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap"

$native detects monitor resolution via Modeline output in xorg (both for vesa and psb), this is necessary because gma500 netbooks have different native resolution (i have 1366x768, Dell MIni12 i think 1280x800).
could be improved, but at the moment seems to work ok! but we need to add also other params..

[zehjotkah]

Files are ok.. You have the same issue of PilotPaul and zehjotkah.
uvesafb: cannot reserve video memory at 0x3f800000

you could try this workaround but it didn't work for zehjotkah.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=91923

could you post again dmesg because it lacks first lines?


Sorry for misunderstanding.
At that point I haven't had tried that fix. I said only, that my Plymouth isn't working.

But now I've tried the fix but I ran into a strange problem.
I don't have the /boot/grub/menu.lst file

Why is grub working without a problem then?

[ethouin]

Hi,
I installed Maverick on 1101ha with a fresh install (Official Desktop version)
I installed the poulsbo driver and I think that it is faster now than Mandriva I was using before.. Good work!=D>
I follow the flash plugin replacement procedure: I installed gnome-mplayer e gecko-mediaplayer plugin, but I had to switch the vaapi option to x11 to watch divx. Do I need to install some libraries?
Or do I need to enable compiz (I did not do that)?
Thanks

[lucazade]

Sorry for misunderstanding.
At that point I haven't had tried that fix. I said only, that my Plymouth isn't working.

But now I've tried the fix but I ran into a strange problem.
I don't have the /boot/grub/menu.lst file

Why is grub working without a problem then?

/boot/grub/menu.lst is for legacy-grub

grub2 uses /etc/default/grub to build /boot/grub/grub.cfg

after editing /etc/default/grub you have to build grub.cfg by
sudo update-grub2

[dtruesdale]

Luca,

On the AO751h what does your xorg.conf look like? What is best to use on the AO751h for video performance tweaks? Since I upgraded things appear better but I now notice a hesitation in the xscreensvaer matrix gl that I didn't have before. I also need to go back and add the video fixes to watch flash and videos.

[lucazade]

Luca,

On the AO751h what does your xorg.conf look like? What is best to use on the AO751h for video performance tweaks? Since I upgraded things appear better but I now notice a hesitation in the xscreensvaer matrix gl that I didn't have before. I also need to go back and add the video fixes to watch flash and videos.

I don't touch xorg.conf manually, we've already applied all possible tweaks inside driver so no need to tweak xorg settings.

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "psb"
EndSection

really simple.. it is generated automatically by poulsbo-config package.
don't know about xscreensaver matrix, can't help here.

[legoman666]

Following the directions here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo#Suspend by using uswsusp doesn't work. There was no file "/etc/pm/config/defaults" So I created the file, but it still doesn't work. It doesn't seem to use uswsusp at all. Also, /etc/pm/config.d/00sleep_module was empty.

[zehjotkah]

/boot/grub/menu.lst is for legacy-grub

grub2 uses /etc/default/grub to build /boot/grub/grub.cfg

after editing /etc/default/grub you have to build grub.cfg by
sudo update-grub2

Okay, thanks.
I don't have a kernel line in my GRUB file.

My calculated HEX numbers are: 3fffe and 0xfed00000

Don't know what I have to write in the GRUB file.

Thanks again!

[tshanks]

According to this, Ubuntu 10.10 doesn't work (no video playback support, crawls)-
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo/

But you say you have it working. Which is it?

[lucazade]

According to this, Ubuntu 10.10 doesn't work (no video playback support, crawls)-
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo/

But you say you have it working. Which is it?

it says no xv video playback

but it also says

Hardware Video Acceleration vaapi which means video playback up to 1080p HD working!

[lucazade]

Okay, thanks.
I don't have a kernel line in my GRUB file.

My calculated HEX numbers are: 3fffe and 0xfed00000

Don't know what I have to write in the GRUB file.

Thanks again!

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

add your "memmap" numbers at the end on this line (inside quotes):
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_skip_timer nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=YOURRESOLUTION-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap"

sudo update-grub2

reboot

[zehjotkah]

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

add your "memmap" numbers at the end on this line (inside quotes):
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_skip_timer nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=YOURRESOLUTION-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap"

sudo update-grub2

reboot


Okay, my line now looks like this:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280x720-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap,memmap=0x3fffe$0x0xfed00000"

it's still not working. I think I'm doing something incredible wrong...

[lucazade]

Okay, my line now looks like this:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280x720-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap,memmap=0x3fffe$0x0xfed00000"

it's still not working. I think I'm doing something incredible wrong...


GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280x720-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap memmap=0x3fffe$0x0xfed00000"

without comma before memmap!

[zehjotkah]

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280x720-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap memmap=0x3fffe$0x0xfed00000"without comma before memmap!

okay, that made ubuntu not booting anymore.
Had to reinstall it :P

It's just a bootscreen, I can live without it!

Thanks!

[lucazade]

okay, that made ubuntu not booting anymore.
Had to reinstall it :P

It's just a bootscreen, I can live without it!

Thanks!

too bad!
anyway it's only a boot screen, i explain you why:

by fixing plymouth splashscreen you got vt terminal working and switching,
by fixing vt terminal you got suspend and shutdown working
(that doesn't come back from suspend, it means that cannot switch vt).

suspend worked also before for someone, but we want it working for anyone.
i know sound strange but plymouth brake a lot of things, so fixing it is important not for an appereance thing (i have a all black plymouth!) but for a functional thing.

i hope you understand why i asked testing! :)

btw you don't need to reinstall, if you use a liveusb you can restore grub.

[lucazade]

okay, that made ubuntu not booting anymore.
Had to reinstall it :P

It's just a bootscreen, I can live without it!

Thanks!

press shift when you boot pc
it appears grub menu
press 'e' to edit kernel params
remove additional params (i.e. memmap)
press ctrl+x to boot

let me know!

[zehjotkah]

press shift when you boot pc
it appears grub menu
press 'e' to edit kernel params
remove additional params (i.e. memmap)
press ctrl+x to boot

let me know!

Sorry, I already reinstalled ubuntu before I've seen your posts.
Thanks for your time!

What should I test for you now?
Shoudl I edit grub again?

edit: now I understand why Plymouth is important and not just a bootscreen!
suspend is working for me with the video99 trick.

[lucazade]

Sorry, I already reinstalled ubuntu before I've seen your posts.
Thanks for your time!

What should I test for you now?
Shoudl I edit grub again?

edit: now I understand why Plymouth is important and not just a bootscreen!
suspend is working for me with the video99 trick.

Thanks man for your patience and for your support.

I don't want to stress you testing stuff but this could help all of us (for me it's already okay as is now, i could stop here and move poulsbo-config package to my ppa but i think this is not correct so i'd like to find a working solution for everyone)

anyway if you are interested in helping there are 3 kernel parameters to try, unfortunately (or maybe not) i don't have this issue with new plymouth fix so i can't test the params that should help.

in the latest posts there are suggestions about these.
"pci=nocrs" , "memmap=????" and "mem=1908mb"
don't know which combination works! it's all about tests and documentation about these.

[zehjotkah]

Thanks man for your patience and for your support.

I don't want to stress you testing stuff but this could help all of us (for me it's already okay as is now, i could stop here and move poulsbo-config package to my ppa but i think this is not correct so i'd like to find a working solution for everyone)

anyway if you are interested in helping there are 3 kernel parameters to try, unfortunately (or maybe not) i don't have this issue with new plymouth fix so i can't test the params that should help.

in the latest posts there are suggestions about these.
"pci=nocrs" , "memmap=????" and "mem=1908mb"
don't know which combination works! it's all about tests and documentation about these.

No, it's me who have to thanks for your patience and support!
You're using your time to help all uf us!

I will add these ("pci=nocrs" , "memmap=????" and "mem=1908mb") to my commands to my grub file one after one.

Another souce of the problem could be a wrong calculated HEX number, right?

After typing dmesg in terminal I think the most interesting lines of the output are these ones:

[ 0.244308] pci_root PNP0A08:00: address space collision: host bridge window [mem 0x000c0000-0x000dffff] conflicts with reserved [mem 0x000d0000-0x000fffff]

[ 0.320053] system 00:01: [mem 0xfed00000-0xfed3ffff] could not be reservedMaybe that helps.

[sephiroth1395]

Hi people !

It's been a long time since I came here, and I'm glad to see people like Lucazade keep on workin' on the GMA500 driver. I recently reinstalled Ubuntu 10.10 on my 1101HA and discovering Plymouth and KMS finally works made me quite happy.

Altough, I happen to have a little problem : whenver I play a video with mplayer, using any working vo driver (x11, gl, vaapi), black lines keep on appearing on the video whenever there is a console open in background or some composite effets using app running (Docky with Metacity composite manager).

Anyone got this problem ? Any solution ?

Btw, any reason why the vaapi driver for mplayer doesn't do well with DivX videos ? Will it get better when Xv render hopefully gets fixed ?

Oh and, I tried out Jupiter and didn't like it. Any good replacement for eee-control ? It's a pity it's not supported anymore by it's author, it was a great app to have in Lucid.

[simplygades]

I'm not the best person to answer this, but from my experience it happens when you have a compositor running. Don't know why though. In Lucid it was fine when I turned compositing off.

[sephiroth1395]

Yeah but turning off compositing rises the CPU load a little, and I can't get the nice Docky effects anymore :(

[simplygades]

Are you using Maverick? I hadn't tried to play a video in 10.10 using mplayer, just did and noticed that using gnome-mplayer from the GMA500-ppa, terminal window doesn't interfere with the video, even when not in fullscreen mode. It messes a litlle the window borders though, so it's actually better than Lucid on the ao751.

[yeahitsmeagain]

Thanks man for your patience and for your support.

I don't want to stress you testing stuff but this could help all of us (for me it's already okay as is now, i could stop here and move poulsbo-config package to my ppa but i think this is not correct so i'd like to find a working solution for everyone)

anyway if you are interested in helping there are 3 kernel parameters to try, unfortunately (or maybe not) i don't have this issue with new plymouth fix so i can't test the params that should help.

in the latest posts there are suggestions about these.
"pci=nocrs" , "memmap=????" and "mem=1908mb"
don't know which combination works! it's all about tests and documentation about these.

Luca/all, I am still getting the intermittent lockup on my Dell Mini 12 even with the latest fix.

I will try the 3 above fixes but not sure how to do them.

-Where does the pci=nocrs go?
-memmap I see the 0x3f800000 start but not sure the end on the Mini 12 with 1GB ram
-mem=1908mb, my Mini has 1GB, should I still use this setting?

Also, the suspend isn't working even with the video99 fix. No splash screen either but that might be obvious.

Thanks as always to Luca

[spoinka]

hey guys , im running lubuntu 10.10 on an asus 1101ha. got it working quite smoothly with the fixes listed here.
next problem is youtube/flash videos.my GF loves to browse it and at the moment its not very enjoyable. cant do fullscreen and lag is pretty severe.
so i tried the flashvideoreplacer-addon fix that is described in one of the wikis here but all i get is a mplayer gui with a black screen in it. i tried running videos in mplayer and its not working either.backscreen with sound.
i can get it working by running it from the terminal with -vo vaapi but obviously that doesnt mix my youtube problem. i got the ubuntu-restricted-extras and tried some vaapi.txt script from this thread not exactly knowing what i was doing :)

[fabiofloyd]

try this:

http://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/multimedia

[jbernardo]

so i tried the flashvideoreplacer-addon fix that is described in one of the wikis here but all i get is a mplayer gui with a black screen in it. i tried running videos in mplayer and its not working either.backscreen with sound.
i can get it working by running it from the terminal with -vo vaapi but obviously that doesnt mix my youtube problem. i got the ubuntu-restricted-extras and tried some vaapi.txt script from this thread not exactly knowing what i was doing :)

Try creating (if it doesn't exist yet) a directory called .mplayer (notice the .) under your home directory. On the .mplayer directory, create or edit a file named config, and add (or replace existing ones) the following parameters to it:
fs=true
vo=vaapi,x11,
va=vaapi


These three parameters force full screen mode, tell mplayer to first use for output vaapi then to try x11 (as xv is still broken), an enable vaapi acceleration.

[zehjotkah]

Update:
added GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="mem=896mb" because the Nokia Booklet 3G doeas have only 1GB.
no difference, still not working.
Now I've removed that and added insted GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="pci=nocrs"Update in a couple of minutes (after restart),

Update: still not working

now I've tried all three possibilities on after one.
Possible problem: HEX number not correctly calculated (could you have a look at my last post?).

[lucazade]

Update:
added GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="mem=896mb" because the Nokia Booklet 3G doeas have only 1GB.
no difference, still not working.
Now I've removed that and added insted GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="pci=nocrs"Update in a couple of minutes (after restart),

Update: still not working

now I've tried all three possibilities on after one.
Possible problem: HEX number not correctly calculated (could you have a look at my last post?).

I'm trying to understand how to calculate HEX memory allocation (i've read lastest posts only now)

Have you tried the "pci=nocrs" and "mem=896mb" with poulsbo-config from gma500/fix? because you also need the other params and fixes to make plymouth working.

(i'm searching for memmap specification...)

[zehjotkah]

Here is my GRUB file:

# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="pci=nocrs"

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

[lucazade]

Here is my GRUB file:


It's not enough, if you used gma500/fix you should have something like this

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=???-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap"

and you should try those extra params (mem, memmap, pci...) adding to this string.
Poulsbo-config fix also does other tricks for plymouth but this grub params is what change from a netbook from another.

[zehjotkah]

Sorry, must have missed that.

So I wrote:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gma500/fix && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install poulsbo-driver-2d poulsbo-driver-3d poulsbo-configand then added the two options to my GRUB file.
Now it looks like this:

# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_skip_timer nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280x720-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap mem=896mb pci=nocrs"

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x720

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"Plymouth is still not working.
And on a side note: the boot feels slower.

[lucazade]

Plymouth is still not working.

mmmh... so a correct memmap is the only hope.
we should ask scubajeff or to some other guru how to calculate correct hex mem alloc.

[yeahitsmeagain]

I have the plymouth splashscreen and suspend working on the Mini 12.

Here is what I am using:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_skip_timer nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280x800-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap mem=896mb pci=nocrs"

Bad news is the screen won't get as bright as before, the brightkeys work but the max brightness is still dull.

[lucazade]

I have the plymouth splashscreen and suspend working on the Mini 12.

Here is what I am using:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_skip_timer nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280x800-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap mem=896mb pci=nocrs"

Bad news is the screen won't get as bright as before, the brightkeys work but the max brightness is still dull.

Thanks for reporting
so you need both mem=896mb and pci=nocrs to make plymouth work using poulsbo-config from gma500/fix?
can you confirm? :)

i'll look for brightness issue, haven't this issue here.

[yeahitsmeagain]

Thanks for reporting
so you need both mem=896mb and pci=nocrs to make plymouth work using poulsbo-config from gma500/fix?
can you confirm? :)

i'll look for brightness issue, haven't this issue here.

Luca, I tired it both ways with just the one parameter and it didn't work, so for this model both are needed.

This screen issue pops up every time an upgrade comes along on these Dell's ,I will search back to see how it was fixed before.

Thanks a million to you and all the smart guys here I have a faster than ever netbook!

[lucazade]

A little summary for plymouth fix (gma500/fix ppa only):


Acer751h (1gb): no extra params (reported by me!)
Acer751h (2gb): pci=nocrs (reported by PilotPaul)
Asus 1101HA (1gb): no extra params
Asus 1101HA (2gb): mem=1908 (reported by Spock112)
Dell Mini12 (1gb): mem=896mb pci=nocrs (reported by yeahitsmeagain)
Sony Vaio X (2gb): memmap=1K#0x7f800000 (reported by scubajeff)
Sony Vaio P (2gb): mem=2000mb pci=nocrs (reported by tista)


Please help reporting! :)

[sephiroth1395]

Am I the only one to have problems with metacity compositing and mplayer playback ?
(Thanks again for the excellent work on this driver !)

[jbernardo]

Am I the only one to have problems with metacity compositing and mplayer playback ?
(Thanks again for the excellent work on this driver !)

I don't use metacity, as I use KDE, but I always disable compositing while playing a video. Under kde it is easy - ctrl+alt+f12 enables and disables compositing.

[sephiroth1395]

Well, this could be a solution. Binding composition to a key and disabling it while video playback.
I guess that's the best compromise I can make with the Poulsbo chip...

[tista]

Hi.

I'm using VAIO P new model with Maverick.
and my kernel params below:

quiet i8042.nopnp i8042.noloop mem=2000mb nohz=off acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=Vender

i8042s are necessary for built-in PointStick.

I've moved Maverick from Lucid, most things of graphics look perfect:)

[lucazade]

Hi.

I'm using VAIO P new model with Maverick.
and my kernel params below:

quiet i8042.nopnp i8042.noloop mem=2000mb nohz=off acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=Vender

i8042s are necessary for built-in PointStick.

I've moved Maverick from Lucid, most things of graphics look perfect:)

Tista have you tried poulsbo-config from gma500/fix?
It should fix plymouth and suspend on some netbook but there is a possibility of a memory conflict.. so we need some test.
take a look at previous posts there are some kernel parameters could help in case of memory conflicts,

[tista]

lucazade (http://www.ge.ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=242850) yes, I'm using current poulsbo-config from gma500/fix.
plymouth splash is looks good. but I'm not going test for suspend/resume, sorry.

In VAIO P, there is some issues about LVDS. cause it has no EDID probe.
but it will boot up correct after flushing backlight 1 or 2 times.

And by using ddcprobe, it shows video memory is 7872kb.
I think it's enough to define mem=2000mb in grub, Don't you?
(RAM is 2048MB)

then, should I test "pci=nocrs" kernel option ?

[tista]

Oh, sorry for my english.
It's not "1 or 2 times" but "once or twice".

[neonak]

I'm trying to get the gma500 driver to work, but I get a black screen and X won't start. And I don't know why exactly.

I have an Asus 1101HA (1GB) and installed gma500/fix. Plymouth does work, at 1366x768, but starting X just gives me a black screen on Ubuntu 10.10 (normal and netbook version).

Using another driver wouldn't be too big of a problem for me since I just want to use it for work, but then I can't seem to change the resolution in X.

Could you guys help me out? What do I need to test or check?

[jbernardo]

I'm trying to get the gma500 driver to work, but I get a black screen and X won't start. And I don't know why exactly.

I have an Asus 1101HA (1GB) and installed gma500/fix. Plymouth does work, at 1366x768, but starting X just gives me a black screen on Ubuntu 10.10 (normal and netbook version).

Using another driver wouldn't be too big of a problem for me since I just want to use it for work, but then I can't seem to change the resolution in X.

Could you guys help me out? What do I need to test or check?

Can you try restarting in recovery mode and running "dpkg-reconfigure psb-kernel-source"?

[neonak]

Can you try restarting in recovery mode and running "dpkg-reconfigure psb-kernel-source"?

It doesn't seem to work, nothing changes. I get a warning saying there's no support for my locale (nl), but no other errors.

Some things I forgot to mention. It is a fresh install, but with the latest updates. Also I installed with Wubi, so it isn't actually on its own partition. I also have the latest BIOS version if that matters.

You use Kubuntu on the 1101HA, right? Should I try installing Kubuntu also? Thanks for your help and hard work.

[jbernardo]

It doesn't seem to work, nothing changes. I get a warning saying there's no support for my locale (nl), but no other errors.

Some things I forgot to mention. It is a fresh install, but with the latest updates. Also I installed with Wubi, so it isn't actually on its own partition. I also have the latest BIOS version if that matters.

You use Kubuntu on the 1101HA, right? Should I try installing Kubuntu also? Thanks for your help and hard work.

When you dpkg-reconfigure the psb-kernel-source, does the module get built? If you after (still in the root prompt in recovery) do a "modprobe psb". does it give any error?
If it works, then try "startx", it should load xorg or give errors in the output.

And by all means, try kubuntu - you'll be pleasantly surprised with how slick and fast it is... :)

[neonak]

When you dpkg-reconfigure the psb-kernel-source, does the module get built? If you after (still in the root prompt in recovery) do a "modprobe psb". does it give any error?
If it works, then try "startx", it should load xorg or give errors in the output.

And by all means, try kubuntu - you'll be pleasantly surprised with how slick and fast it is... :)

I never got this error before (when not in recovery mode), but now it says after "modprobe psb": detear is disabled.

"startx" gives: (EE) PSB(0): First SDVO output reported failure to sync or input is not trainded!!!

Then it hangs. I can't find (googling) what this means exactly. I don't have an external monitor attached, everything on the 1101HA is still as bought.

[MFonville]

I never got this error before (when not in recovery mode), but now it says after "modprobe psb": detear is disabled.

"startx" gives: (EE) PSB(0): First SDVO output reported failure to sync or input is not trainded!!!

Then it hangs. I can't find (googling) what this means exactly. I don't have an external monitor attached, everything on the 1101HA is still as bought.

I also had this before spontaneously at my 1101HA (while it was working before perfectly).
I was able to fix it by just reinstalling (sudo aptitude reinstall) all psb-related packages on the console. (thus drm stuff, kernel, config etc)

[neonak]

I also had this before spontaneously at my 1101HA (while it was working before perfectly).
I was able to fix it by just reinstalling (sudo aptitude reinstall) all psb-related packages on the console. (thus drm stuff, kernel, config etc)

I'm trying that right now, although I already installed it a couple of times in different ways (using gma500/ppa and gma500/fix). In my case the driver never worked.

After trying, it doesn't work this time either. I get the same errors as before.

One thing I did notice is that when I type "modprobe psb" my screens backlight becomes brighter. Other than that, no change.

Thanks for the help!

[jbernardo]

I'm trying that right now, although I already installed it a couple of times in different ways (using gma500/ppa and gma500/fix). In my case the driver never worked.

After trying, it doesn't work this time either. I get the same errors as before.

One thing I did notice is that when I type "modprobe psb" my screens backlight becomes brighter. Other than that, no change.

Thanks for the help!

The change of backlight means the module at least is correct. The "input is not trainded" error is something I saw here once too; can you try powering off, removing the battery, waiting some time, then connecting the battery and powering on again?

[neonak]

The change of backlight means the module at least is correct. The "input is not trainded" error is something I saw here once too; can you try powering off, removing the battery, waiting some time, then connecting the battery and powering on again?

I tried, but it didn't help.

I've pasted my dmesg and Xorg log: http://paste.ubuntu.com/515570/

[lucazade]

lucazade (http://www.ge.ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=242850) yes, I'm using current poulsbo-config from gma500/fix.
plymouth splash is looks good. but I'm not going test for suspend/resume, sorry.

In VAIO P, there is some issues about LVDS. cause it has no EDID probe.
but it will boot up correct after flushing backlight 1 or 2 times.

And by using ddcprobe, it shows video memory is 7872kb.
I think it's enough to define mem=2000mb in grub, Don't you?
(RAM is 2048MB)

then, should I test "pci=nocrs" kernel option ?

could you paste your dmesg and Xorg.0.log ?
I'd like to see EDID error (how do you flush backlight?).

"pci=nocrs" fixes some pci memory allocation problems, if present (look at dmesg)

"mem=1920mb" seems the correct one (other says 1908, can't test personally).. it reserves some more AGP memory to gma500.
With only 1gb, by the way, i can't see any improvement setting a fixed value.

about poulsbo-config from gma500/fix
You seems to be the first to have plymouth working in native resolution with a 2gb system and without adding memory allocation fixes...
I can't find the end of the skein! :-k

[lucazade]

I tried, but it didn't help.

I've pasted my dmesg and Xorg log: http://paste.ubuntu.com/515570/

logs look ok, can't find anything strange..

have you tried psb drivers on lucid (also modified livecd (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo))?
or
emgd (http://jogglerwiki.info/index.php?title=Ubuntu_Lucid) drivers for lucid?

[tista]

lucazade

Oh, sorry. "plymouth looks good" was NOT native resolution.:(
but, sets both "pci=nocrs" and "mem=2000mb" go native one.

And in time around flushing backlight, dmesg shows below:

[ 11.107538] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 11.107558] WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.35/arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c:98 __ioremap_caller+0x2be/0x2f0()
[ 11.107568] Hardware name: VPCP11AKJ
[ 11.107574] Info: mapping multiple BARs. Your kernel is fine.
[ 11.107580] Modules linked in: snd_hda_codec_realtek arc4 psb(+) ath9k snd_hda_intel drm_psb ath9k_common snd_hda_codec ath9k_hw snd_hwdep agpgart i2c_algo_bit ath rfcomm snd_pcm mac80211 snd_seq_midi sco snd_rawmidi bnep snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq l2cap cfg80211 snd_timer snd_seq_device btusb psmouse sony_laptop bluetooth snd sky2 led_class serio_raw lpc_sch soundcore snd_page_alloc lp parport uvesafb video output pata_sch ramzswap(C) lzo_compress
[ 11.107684] Pid: 776, comm: modprobe Tainted: G C 2.6.35-22-generic #34-Ubuntu
[ 11.107692] Call Trace:
[ 11.107710] [<c014ac52>] warn_slowpath_common+0x72/0xa0
[ 11.107723] [<c012e53e>] ? __ioremap_caller+0x2be/0x2f0
[ 11.107735] [<c012e53e>] ? __ioremap_caller+0x2be/0x2f0
[ 11.107749] [<c014ad23>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x33/0x40
[ 11.107761] [<c012e53e>] __ioremap_caller+0x2be/0x2f0
[ 11.107772] [<c0130487>] ? free_memtype+0x117/0x1a0
[ 11.107786] [<c01fbffb>] ? lazy_max_pages+0x1b/0x30
[ 11.107798] [<c01fce2a>] ? free_unmap_vmap_area_noflush+0x2a/0x60
[ 11.107809] [<c01fc05c>] ? find_vmap_area+0x4c/0x60
[ 11.107832] [<c012e63b>] ioremap_nocache+0x1b/0x20
[ 11.107866] [<f8c35543>] ? intel_lvds_init+0x1f3/0x730 [psb]
[ 11.107896] [<f8c35543>] intel_lvds_init+0x1f3/0x730 [psb]
[ 11.107909] [<c0351653>] ? idr_pre_get+0x43/0x80
[ 11.107919] [<c0351288>] ? idr_get_new_above+0x8/0x30
[ 11.107958] [<f8b7ad21>] ? drm_idr_get+0x41/0x70 [drm_psb]
[ 11.107992] [<f8b7ae77>] ? psb_drm_crtc_create+0x27/0xa0 [drm_psb]
[ 11.108023] [<f8b7aeaf>] ? psb_drm_crtc_create+0x5f/0xa0 [drm_psb]
[ 11.108052] [<f8c35aaf>] ? intel_crtc_init+0x2f/0xa0 [psb]
[ 11.108080] [<f8c35ad2>] ? intel_crtc_init+0x52/0xa0 [psb]
[ 11.108108] [<f8c35c08>] intel_modeset_init+0xe8/0x450 [psb]
[ 11.108122] [<c012ce18>] ? default_spin_lock_flags+0x8/0x10
[ 11.108136] [<c05c8c0f>] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x2f/0x50
[ 11.108162] [<f8c281e7>] psb_driver_load+0x6b7/0x860 [psb]
[ 11.108196] [<f8b6da06>] psb_drm_get_dev+0x336/0x620 [drm_psb]
[ 11.108211] [<c0271d87>] ? sysfs_do_create_link+0xb7/0x1d0
[ 11.108224] [<c05c6a3a>] ? schedule+0x37a/0x7a0
[ 11.108235] [<c0270c07>] ? sysfs_new_dirent+0x67/0x100
[ 11.108260] [<f8c27692>] probe+0x12/0x20 [psb]
[ 11.108273] [<c036b9d3>] local_pci_probe+0x13/0x20
[ 11.108283] [<c036c988>] pci_device_probe+0x68/0x90
[ 11.108297] [<c0400540>] really_probe+0x50/0x150
[ 11.108307] [<c0407bb7>] ? pm_runtime_barrier+0x57/0xb0
[ 11.108318] [<c040067c>] driver_probe_device+0x3c/0x60
[ 11.108329] [<c0400721>] __driver_attach+0x81/0x90
[ 11.108340] [<c03ffb43>] bus_for_each_dev+0x53/0x80
[ 11.108351] [<c040040e>] driver_attach+0x1e/0x20
[ 11.108361] [<c04006a0>] ? __driver_attach+0x0/0x90
[ 11.108372] [<c03ffdd5>] bus_add_driver+0xd5/0x280
[ 11.108383] [<c036c8c0>] ? pci_device_remove+0x0/0x40
[ 11.108395] [<c0400a1a>] driver_register+0x6a/0x130
[ 11.108406] [<c036cfcc>] ? pci_get_dev_by_id+0x3c/0x70
[ 11.108417] [<c036cbc5>] __pci_register_driver+0x45/0xb0
[ 11.108449] [<f8b69373>] psb_drm_init+0x193/0x1c0 [drm_psb]
[ 11.108478] [<f8c4e01c>] psb_init+0x1c/0x1e [psb]
[ 11.108491] [<c0101132>] do_one_initcall+0x32/0x1a0
[ 11.108517] [<f8c4e000>] ? psb_init+0x0/0x1e [psb]
[ 11.108532] [<c0180c2b>] sys_init_module+0x9b/0x1e0
[ 11.108544] [<c02169c5>] ? sys_close+0x75/0xc0
[ 11.108556] [<c05c9114>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
[ 11.108565] ---[ end trace 610a204dbbdbbaf0 ]---
[ 11.121164] [drm] intel_lvds_init: OpRegion has the VBT address
[ 11.121183] [drm] intel_lvds_init: The bdb->signature is BIOS_DATA_BLOCK �, the bdb_off is 48
[ 11.121218] [drm] intel_lvds_init: BLC Data in BIOS VBT tables: datasize=0 paneltype=10 type=0x02 pol=0x00 freq=0x00c8 minlevel=0x08 i2caddr=0x58 cmd=0xaa
[ 11.121250] [drm] intel_lvds_init: the CoreClock is 200
[ 11.121262] [drm] intel_lvds_init: sku_value is 0x00800000
[ 11.121268] [drm] intel_lvds_init: sku_bMaxResEnableInt is 0
[ 11.121417] [drm] intel_lvds_set_backlight: the level is 100
[ 11.121426] [drm] LVDSGetPWMMaxBacklight: the max_pwm_blc is 31250.
[ 11.174883] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 11.227933] [drm] unable to read EDID block.
[ 11.390162] [drm] unable to read EDID block.
[ 11.545631] [drm] unable to read EDID block.
[ 11.600123] [drm] LVDS: no EDID data from device, reading ACPI _DDC data.
[ 11.601832] [drm] intel_sdvo_init: sku_value is 0x00800000
[ 11.601840] [drm] intel_sdvo_init: sku_bSDVOEnable is 1
[ 11.613066] i2c i2c-2: sendbytes: NAK bailout.
[ 11.613550] [drm] intel_sdvo_init: sku_value is 0x00800000
[ 11.613559] [drm] intel_sdvo_init: sku_bSDVOEnable is 1
[ 11.720626] [drm] unable to read EDID block.
[ 11.877587] [drm] unable to read EDID block.
[ 12.033637] [drm] unable to read EDID block.
[ 12.089126] [drm] LVDS: no EDID data from device, reading ACPI _DDC data.
[ 12.090769] detear is disabled
[ 12.111753] [drm] Initialized psb 4.41.1 20090416 on minor 0

thanks.

[lucazade]

Hi

I've update poulsbo-config for maverick in gma500/fix repository (https://launchpad.net/~gma500/+archive/fix/+packages)
it includes the workarounds listed in wiki (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo):

suspend issues,
shutdown issues,
brightness hotkeys,
compiz compatibility,
plymouth splashscreen,
kms,
and memory allocation optimization (also "mem=xxxmb" and "pci=nocrs" are included thanks to your reports)

if this package works well for everybody, it could be included in official gma500 repository and there will be no need of manual tweaking!

:)

note: please ignore following error, it is already been fixed (thanks yeahitsmeagain) and pushed a new released in gma500/fix

[yeahitsmeagain]

Hi

I've update poulsbo-config for maverick in gma500/fix repository (https://launchpad.net/~gma500/+archive/fix/+packages)
it includes the workarounds listed in wiki (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo):

suspend issues,
shutdown issues,
brightness hotkeys,
compiz compatibility,
plymouth splashscreen,
kms,
and memory allocation optimization (also "mem=xxxmb" and "pci=nocrs" are included thanks to your reports)

if this package works well for everybody, it could be included in official gma500 repository and there will be no need of manual tweaking!

:)

Luca, I got the following on my Mini 12 when upgrading:

Setting up poulsbo-config (0.1.2~1010um13) ...
Modifying xorg.conf through X-Kit...
Done
GMA500 vaapi workaround already present
Grub workaround already present
Adding suspend workaround
chmod: cannot access `/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing poulsbo-config (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
poulsbo-config
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Something I've done or....

[lucazade]

Luca, I got the following on my Mini 12 when upgrading:

Setting up poulsbo-config (0.1.2~1010um13) ...
Modifying xorg.conf through X-Kit...
Done
GMA500 vaapi workaround already present
Grub workaround already present
Adding suspend workaround
chmod: cannot access `/usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing poulsbo-config (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
poulsbo-config
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Something I've done or....

ugh!
could you move 99video files back in /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/
by
sudo mv /usr/lib/pm-utils/99video /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video
or if 99video was moved in /root/
sudo mv /root/99video /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video

then
sudo dpkg-reconfigure poulsbo-config

let me know if this solves.. then i'll put a check before suspend workaround.
thanks

UPDATED VERSION v14 RELEASED!

[TakeLifeEasy]

I have a DELL mini 10 with GMA 500 chipset running 10.04 and followed all the instructions and I can play videos (VOB files) through mplayer but the PC still freezes (normally 20mins - 1hour into the video). Below is the contents of my xorg.conf file. However, my biggest problem is using mplayer with my WinTV NOVA-T USB stick. I can display TV content for about 10-30 seconds but then the whole PC freezes. Have I missed a step or 2 or is this still a problem with the driver?


Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "psb"
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
Option "DRI" "off"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
EndSection

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

If I use this, I do not get any display -
#Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
Option "ExaNoComposite" "true"
EndSection

[neonak]

logs look ok, can't find anything strange..

have you tried psb drivers on lucid (also modified livecd (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo))?
or
emgd (http://jogglerwiki.info/index.php?title=Ubuntu_Lucid) drivers for lucid?

I tried the modified livecd just now and the normal version of Lucid before. Both have the same problem.

I can see the modified version is installing from my HDD activity, but still a black screen. The normal Lucid had the same problem once I installed the drivers.

I haven't tried the emgd driver before. Those only work in Lucid, right?

It almost looks like there's something wrong with my hardware, but I've never had any problems in XP. I'll keep trying and keep you updated. Thanks.

[yeahitsmeagain]

ugh!
could you move 99video files back in /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/
by
sudo mv /usr/lib/pm-utils/99video /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video
or if 99video was moved in /root/
sudo mv /root/99video /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99video

then
sudo dpkg-reconfigure poulsbo-config

let me know if this solves.. then i'll put a check before suspend workaround.
thanks

Luca, I ran the move commands but when I ran the dpkg it threw an error, something about the package being broken. I ran the apt-get update again and it installed just fine. The grub file looks the same as before, plymouth works, etc.'

Just that annoying brightness I can't get back on the screen.

[lucazade]

Luca, I ran the move commands but when I ran the dpkg it threw an error, something about the package being broken. I ran the apt-get update again and it installed just fine. The grub file looks the same as before, plymouth works, etc.'

Just that annoying brightness I can't get back on the screen.

ok thanks
i should check if file exist, before chmodding

uploaded new version (v14) which fix this stupid error!

don't have idea about brightness issue atm sorry.

[lucazade]

I tried the modified livecd just now and the normal version of Lucid before. Both have the same problem.

I can see the modified version is installing from my HDD activity, but still a black screen. The normal Lucid had the same problem once I installed the drivers.

I haven't tried the emgd driver before. Those only work in Lucid, right?

It almost looks like there's something wrong with my hardware, but I've never had any problems in XP. I'll keep trying and keep you updated. Thanks.

Yes, emgd are only for lucid.
looks like a hardware problem.

[lucazade]

I have a DELL mini 10 with GMA 500 chipset running 10.04 and followed all the instructions and I can play videos (VOB files) through mplayer but the PC still freezes (normally 20mins - 1hour into the video). Below is the contents of my xorg.conf file. However, my biggest problem is using mplayer with my WinTV NOVA-T USB stick. I can display TV content for about 10-30 seconds but then the whole PC freezes. Have I missed a step or 2 or is this still a problem with the driver?


Never had a freeze here.. why "dri" is off ? no display?

[TakeLifeEasy]

lucazade,

I have just removed the DRI line and rebooting and still have a display. Just watching a vob file now and see if that makes any difference to the freezing.

[neonak]

Yes, emgd are only for lucid.
looks like a hardware problem.

I tried to install EMGD from Bernardo's site, but I get errors when building the module: "Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.32-25-generic (i686).

Then all the other packages give errors because the module isn't compiled/ configured.

In the 'make.log' it says "unknown field 'output_poll_changed' specified in initializer"

Is it because of the newest kernel?

[jbernardo]

I tried to install EMGD from Bernardo's site, but I get errors when building the module: "Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.32-25-generic (i686).

Then all the other packages give errors because the module isn't compiled/ configured.

In the 'make.log' it says "unknown field 'output_poll_changed' specified in initializer"

Is it because of the newest kernel?

Probably yes. I wanted to update those packages to the latest EMGD release and test them under maverick, but I haven't had the time yet. RL sucks sometimes.

[emnaki]

I can't get gnome-mplayer from gma500 repo to work even though I have tried following what recommendations that I could find here. I added to .mplayer/config:

fs=true
vo=vaapi
va=vaapi

This got mplayer to work which is great! But gnome-mplayer would not play still. So I looked at what gnome-mplayer tries to run and if I delete the -wid option, the video runs fine.This is beginning of he the errors that I get.

Starting playback...
ERROR: Unsupported PixelFormat 61
[VD_FFMPEG] Trying pixfmt=1.
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
ERROR: The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
ERROR: Try appending the scale filter to your filter list,
ERROR: e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
ERROR: Unsupported PixelFormat 61

So any ideas on who to fix this problem?

[jbernardo]

Try "vo=vaapi,x11," and don't forget the final ","

[discoltk]

lucazade

Oh, sorry. "plymouth looks good" was NOT native resolution.:(
but, sets both "pci=nocrs" and "mem=2000mb" go native one.

And in time around flushing backlight, dmesg shows below:

[ 11.107538] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 11.121426] [drm] LVDSGetPWMMaxBacklight: the max_pwm_blc is 31250.
[ 11.174883] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 11.227933] [drm] unable to read EDID block.
[ 11.390162] [drm] unable to read EDID block.
[ 11.545631] [drm] unable to read EDID block.
[ 11.600123] [drm] LVDS: no EDID data from device, reading ACPI _DDC data.
[ 11.601832] [drm] intel_sdvo_init: sku_value is 0x00800000
[ 11.601840] [drm] intel_sdvo_init: sku_bSDVOEnable is 1
[ 11.613066] i2c i2c-2: sendbytes: NAK bailout.
[ 11.613550] [drm] intel_sdvo_init: sku_value is 0x00800000
[ 11.613559] [drm] intel_sdvo_init: sku_bSDVOEnable is 1
[ 11.720626] [drm] unable to read EDID block.
[ 11.877587] [drm] unable to read EDID block.
[ 12.033637] [drm] unable to read EDID block.
[ 12.089126] [drm] LVDS: no EDID data from device, reading ACPI _DDC data.
[ 12.090769] detear is disabled
[ 12.111753] [drm] Initialized psb 4.41.1 20090416 on minor 0

thanks.


I also have a second gen Sony P (VPCP11AKJ). I'm not sure what backlight problem you have, I seem to be able to adjust mine normally. I do have the dmesg logs about LVDS.

Don't know what the value means, but in my dmesg, one value is different:

LVDSGetPWMMaxBacklight: the max_pwm_blc is 41562.


I've never been able to get suspend working reliably on it.

Here are my grub settings:

quiet splash acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_skip_timer nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1600x768-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap mem=2000mb pci=nocrs i8042.nopnp i8042.noloop nohz=off memmap=1K#0x7f800000

Thanks much for the i8042 settings! Have you managed to get tap to click working on the stick pointer at all?

[lucazade]

Probably yes. I wanted to update those packages to the latest EMGD release and test them under maverick, but I haven't had the time yet. RL sucks sometimes.

https://launchpad.net/~shauns/+archive/joggler

this emgd is updated, haven't tried myself.

[tista]

discoltk.

Don't know what the value means, but in my dmesg, one value is different:

LVDSGetPWMMaxBacklight: the max_pwm_blc is 41562. I also don't khow but as If native EDID isn't probe, ACPI will guide it to get values from 0 to 100.
The point is percentages of brightness from PWM-raw-values.
So I can change brightness by pressing Fn+F5/F6 after booted up.

Maybe sony-laptop kernel module would have overtaken by ACPI in the region of backlight brightness...


Thanks much for the i8042 settings! Have you managed to get tap to click working on the stick pointer at all? You're welcome! :P

sorry, I had never tested "Press to Select".
And touchpad besides LCD is not able to work yet.

thx.