[geeks] Ubuntu on Intel graphics

[Joshua D. Boyd]

Lionel Peterson wrote:
> On Mar 7, 2010, at 6:46 PM, "Joshua D. Boyd" <jdboyd at jdboyd.net> wrote:
> 
>> That is to say, while Ubuntu may be slipping in their testing, in this 
>> particular case, I'm not sure what they could do.
> 
> Your point about pinetrail availability is taken, but I have a SFF Dell 
> Optiplex GX620 with 'mature' Intel graphics that can only do 640x480 or 
> 800x600, this system is about 5 yrs old and uses very common graphics 
> adapter (specific chipset eludes me at the moment)...
> 
> My system shouldn't have had a problem w/9.10, I'll try an earlier 
> release (8.04.2 LTS perhaps) and see how that does...

Dell says that you have a GMA950, and there is really no excuse for that 
to not function correctly.

Reportedly Intel/Tungstun has been ripping their driver up a lot 
recently, but at some point you would think that a distribution like 
Ubuntu would have to take a stand and stick with an older Xorg or older 
drivers until things get stabilized.

BTW, was that a clean install that didn't work, or was it an upgrade? 
Have you tried a Fedora Live CD just to see if it is better supported? 
I'm burning Fedora 12 to try at the moment.