Guide to Get the Best Performace from the GMA 500

[jbernardo]

I too had nice working poulsbo drivers for ubuntu netbook remix v9.10 on my Fuj U2010 and things were pretty stable, having built my own optimised kernel (variant of 2.6.32.10) and added the poulsbo and touchscreen drivers.

After we finally get these drivers working (assuming we'll be able to do that) it would be a nice idea to have a atom optimised kernel on a ppa.

[m0dcm]

After we finally get these drivers working (assuming we'll be able to do that) it would be a nice idea to have a atom optimised kernel on a ppa.

I totally agree with you, but who will do such a Kernel? Canonical (I doubt it!!) or us the users? I do hope the drivers can be made to work, like I said in one of my posts, it's just a shame that the Ubuntu Mobile Team don't help more. It just seems that they want to deal with the BIG guns ie. Nvidia and ATI which is a shame.

[olmo62]

Jolicloud , build over Ubuntu, have ATOM optimized kernel ! Why dont see this ? (sorry for english...)

[descendent87]

Jolicloud , build over Ubuntu, have ATOM optimized kernel ! Why dont see this ? (sorry for english...)

Jolicloud is based on an extremely old version of ubuntu (feisty if I remember right)

[jarodrig]

I tried install mandriva beta2 (fresh install) with vesa option in grub, after install, when i configure the x server to use psb drivers the system became very unstable rebooing the xorg server always after login. The only way to use the system is using icewv window manager.

[mikewhatever]

Jolicloud is based on an extremely old version of ubuntu (feisty if I remember right)

Feisty Faun was Ubuntu 7.04, and no, JC is not based on that.
They started with Jaunty, but have since upgraded the kernel to 2.6.30+ (don't recall the exact version).

[lucazade]

fixed!
missing ingredient found: a "special" xorg.conf



ps. no 3D, ugly mouse pointer, GNOME notification-area background broken

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

Section "DRI"
	Mode    0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
	Option		"Composite" "Disable"
	Option		"RENDER" "Disable"
EndSection

[sithlord64]

Sweet gracie

[nicodds]

fixed!
missing ingredient found: a "special" xorg.conf



ps. no 3D, ugly mouse pointer, GNOME notification-area background broken

Lucazade++;

[sonicbs]

After we finally get these drivers working (assuming we'll be able to do that) it would be a nice idea to have a atom optimised kernel on a ppa.

I am following this thread as I am (impatiently...) waiting for a solution to work on my fit-pc2 (see http://www.fit-pc.com/). Anyway, this small nettop has some official support for Ubuntu (all the way to 9.10) by the company which sells it (Compulab). They set up a PPA and they have an optimized kernel there for the fit-pc2. Maybe they will be willing to work on this optimized kernel, since apparently with the solution that the people on this thread are providing (BTW, kudos to you people) will enable them to give better support for their machine? Maybe one of the developers can approach them?
They have a support forum: http://www.fit-pc2.com/forum/.

On another note, is there any other fit-pc2 user? Was the solution provided here tried on some version of Ubuntu (preferably 10.04) on the fit-pc2? I am currently running 9.10 using the IEGD drivers provided by Compulab on their PPA.

Can someone give a brief explanation to the difference between the IEGD driver and the Poulsbo driver? I am not really sure if my question even makes sense, since I am kind of confused with this whole situation.

Anyway, thanks a lot to the developers. Your work is much appreciated!