(second volume/partition, d:) win xp pro /or win7, heard of third partition for win backup/recov was recommended to make linux the first volume installed/ and for boot up, to help everything else function right. (first volume/partition, c:) linux, and 2. doing research b4 buying laptop based on drivers(linux suse/ or ubuntu) avail for gpu/ videocard options yes am newb to linux, want to learn/use. Some of these drivers have not yet been written or included in the intel driver, thus while everything else may work fine, TV out may not be supported depending on the encoder chip paired with your graphics chip.Hi, i have the same question/problem. Please note that TV out support is usually provided by third-party encoder chips, which typically require separate drivers. User guide for Reporting suspend-resume issues.User guide for How to build driver from scratch.The Intel graphics driver and hardware has support for sDVO ADD2 DVI Cards, which you can learn about at SDVOADD2Cards. More instructions on using git to interact with the repository can be found at UsingGit. Or cg clone git:///git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel To check out the current code, use: git clone git:///git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel The Intel graphics driver is currently maintained in the xf86-video-intel git repository in X.Org.

The Intel Linux Graphics Driver web portal. The latest release is Intel 2011Q3 graphics package. ' UNKNOWN' means that the current status of this item isn't known.Please ask on #intel-gfx if you want to get your feet wet on this. The required knowledge to write the code may or may not be known. ' TODO' means that someone needs to write the code.' N/N' means that the feature will not be implemented, because a better alternative is or will be available.' N/A' means that the feature is not supported by the hardware.' BIOS' means only if supported by your BIOS.' WIP' means that someone has started on the initial implementation.' MOSTLY' means that it is implemented but has some known bugs.' DONE' means that it is implemented and relatively bug-free.

You may possibly want to refer to wikipedia for the graphics core/chipset mapping. For a better view of daily progress, please see the logs of the source code repositories. Please note that this driver does not support the GMA 500, found in various Atom-based designs.Ī listing of known laptop graphics chips can be found at IntelLaptopChips. The Intel graphics driver in X.Org intends to support all intel chipsets from the i810 and upwards.

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