[ltp] Ubuntu Hardy: Intel video driver slow/broken on Thinkpad X41

[Chris Penn]

maybe install the nvidia drivers from nvidia, instead of going with
the drivers from the hardy repo.

It is absolute nonsense that lenovo does not release the drivers they
use on the suse preloaded laptops.


On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Charles E Rick Taylor IV
<rick@rickandpatty.com> wrote:
> I've got a Thinkpad X41 tablet with an Intel 915 video chip.  I've just
> installed Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 and have noticed that (among the *rest* of
> the bugs) that 3D performance has dropped markedly compared to the
> previous Ubunto (Gutsy 7.10).
>
> I realized that 3D isn't going to be fast on an X41, but I observe that
> certain apps that used to run acceptably (celestia, some of the OpenGL
> screensavers, Google Earth) now display a single frame per second or
> less - making them totally unusable.
>
> Anyone else having 3D issues with Hardy on an X41?  (Or on any other
> Thinkpad with Intel video?)
>
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