Guide to Get the Best Performace from the GMA 500

[lucazade]

Hey all! Running Maverick here, using the script to install new EMGD drivers.

At least right now, the EMGD repo seems to fetch broken links. The script crashes with this:

E: Unable to locate package emgdui

Removing emgdui from the install list, this appears:

Err http://ppa.launchpad.net/lucazade/emgd/ubuntu/ maverick/main emgd-dkms all 1.5.15.3082-0ubuntu1~ppa3
  404  Not Found
Err http://ppa.launchpad.net/lucazade/emgd/ubuntu/ maverick/main xorg-emgd i386 1.5.15.3082-0ubuntu1~ppa4
  404  Not Found
Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/lucazade/emgd/ubuntu/pool/main/e/emgd-dkms/emgd-dkms_1.5.15.3082-0ubuntu1~ppa3_all.deb  404  Not Found
Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/lucazade/emgd/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xorg-emgd/xorg-emgd_1.5.15.3082-0ubuntu1~ppa4_i386.deb  404  Not Found

AAAAAH! I already uninstalled the old EMGD stuff! I'm running native graphics drivers!

Let me know what the issue is here; is the script temporarily broken, or have I done something awful?

It seems you are running an old version of script and an old ppa repo.
remove all emgd-maverick.sh script present in your directory, download the script again and execute it.

[chone]

It seems you are running an old version of script and an old ppa repo.
remove all emgd-maverick.sh script present in your directory, download the script again and execute it.

For some reason the old repo was still present and the new one was deselected in Software Sources. O_o.

Install going on now. Hope it works!

EDIT: Looks good.

[MFonville]

There is a new IEGD driver, of which they claim that a couple of new features should be working for our Poulsbo chipset (like va-api).

Though I can not be sure whether the updated it for newer Xorg releases: http://edc.intel.com/Software/Downloads/IEGD/#overview

[tista]

There is a new IEGD driver, of which they claim that a couple of new features should be working for our Poulsbo chipset (like va-api).

Though I can not be sure whether the updated it for newer Xorg releases: http://edc.intel.com/Software/Downloads/IEGD/#overview

Hi, Maarten.

I've noticed that IEGD has employed XAA 2D accel method. xaa was very basic and has middle range of accel speed, but well known xaa had almost discontinued. I 'm interested in spped differences between UXA and XAA in composited desktops. I think the pixmap buffer and the back buffer would be well-designed in EMGD than IEGD.

However, an important thing is which IEGD has compatibilities for our latest Xorg 1.10 or not. additionally how kernel module had been constructed.

If you guys would be interested in this IEGD, may I try to contributing this release as be added on my TODO ?

Regards.

P.S:
see this ReleaseNotes.
http://paste.ubuntu.com/578609/
it seems the implementations following up to Xorg 1.6.x.
that's too old to accept for our requirements.
and also again and again intel;s binary crap... what a horror !!
so I couldn"t keep my motivations.

[serbantes]

Hello guys i have a problem (noob one) but after i update ubuntu form the update manager, the form the bootloader i go in the newest version it just goes to the tty1 and even if i try alt+ctrl+F7 it wont go in graphic mode could you please give the comand line or the instructions how to get to the graphic mode.

I have a 1101ha and the psb drivers

TY

[tista]

Hello guys i have a problem (noob one) but after i update ubuntu form the update manager, the form the bootloader i go in the newest version it just goes to the tty1 and even if i try alt+ctrl+F7 it wont go in graphic mode could you please give the comand line or the instructions how to get to the graphic mode.

I have a 1101ha and the psb drivers

TY

Hi, Serbantes.

if you had updated your kernel, you should also be rebuilding kernel modules from installed psb-kernel-source package.
* boot your PC and select latest kernel
* go into VT and rebuild kernel module with this command:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure psb-kernel-source

dkms system would build the kernel modules automatically to fit your latest (desired) kernel...

Cheers.

[serbantes]

I trid that but it still goes in tty1 console after reboot

[lucazade]

Hi, Maarten.

I've noticed that IEGD has employed XAA 2D accel method. xaa was very basic and has middle range of accel speed, but well known xaa had almost discontinued. I 'm interested in spped differences between UXA and XAA in composited desktops. I think the pixmap buffer and the back buffer would be well-designed in EMGD than IEGD.

However, an important thing is which IEGD has compatibilities for our latest Xorg 1.10 or not. additionally how kernel module had been constructed.

If you guys would be interested in this IEGD, may I try to contributing this release as be added on my TODO ?

Regards.

P.S:
see this ReleaseNotes.
http://paste.ubuntu.com/578609/
it seems the implementations following up to Xorg 1.6.x.
that's too old to accept for our requirements.
and also again and again intel;s binary crap... what a horror !!
so I couldn"t keep my motivations.

Great.. we should thank Intel for this great piece of software!

I would point out this conversation in kernel mailing list about new psb driver, it could be useful in some way..
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/3/11/292

OT: Tista, I hope today's disaster in Japan is ended and no more issues :/

[tista]

Hi, All.

I'm fine. my town Niigata had not so horrible quakes, but toward north east from Niigata would have misery earthquakes, tsunami, fire, power cut and a lot of disasters I've never seen before...

What a hell ?!

and in my office, maybe something happens in some high‐pricedexpensive machines...

[tista]

I trid that but it still goes in tty1 console after reboot

Could you try "startx" from VT, and post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log into PasteUbuntu ?
http://paste.ubuntu.com/

Cheers.