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

[Petr Praus]

Maybe I'm missing something but original poster mentioned Intel 915
and not nVidia ...

BTW:
They have nvidia driver for download on their site:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-69135

Peter

On 5/10/08, Chris Penn <cantormath@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
>
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>  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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