Guide to Get the Best Performace from the GMA 500

[yvesdm3000]

Ok! I'll try compiz again to see what's wrong with it.
I'll check for compiz config and hope it will not hang gdm like in the past.

It is also a good idea to not start compiz at GDM time, just for debugging purposes. What I'd like to know is if it makes sense in fiddling with anything to make it work... If OpenGL 1.3 is **REALLY** required (but I cannot find any source that confirms that), it's of no use even looking at it to fix it...

I think "compiz --replace&" in a terminal should do the trick, it's been over a year however that I played with compiz...

-Yves

[lucazade]

It is also a good idea to not start compiz at GDM time, just for debugging purposes. What I'd like to know is if it makes sense in fiddling with anything to make it work... If OpenGL 1.3 is **REALLY** required (but I cannot find any source that confirms that), it's of no use even looking at it to fix it...

I think "compiz --replace&" in a terminal should do the trick, it's been over a year however that I played with compiz...

-Yves

Tried compiz, removed a lot of its plugins, but i still get that warning about opengl 1.3 and X segfault.
I've started compiz from terminal and not at gdm time. I don't know if opengl 1.3 is really blocking or is something inside drivers.
I'll attach xorg.log with the segfault, a compiz --debug log and a *temporary* poulsbo-config w/o compiz dependency.
suggestions?

[spicez]

Trying to get this working on my O2 joggler with 10.04, but when I run startx it gives the following error:

Fatal server error:
xf86MapVidMem: Could not mmap framebuffer (0x1f9dd010,0x800000) (Resource temporarily unavailable)

I've read this can be solved by changing the kernel memory parameters (to leave extra free shared memory?). I've limited the kernel to 250MB and it still doesn't work. (joggler only has 512MB RAM)

Any ideas?

[owenlinx]

If you need to enable composting(in gnome) for say AWN or docky. Just hit

• Alt-F2

• open gconf-editor

• apps > metacity > general

• find composting_manager and check the box.

It would be great if, while compiz is removed. That the install enabled composting in the window manager.

[jarodrig]

If you need to enable composting(in gnome) for say AWN or docky. Just hit

• Alt-F2

• open gconf-editor

• apps > metacity > general

• find composting_manager and check the box.

It would be great if, while compiz is removed. That the install enabled composting in the window manager.

WOW, works very well with the normal driver in lucid, Thx!

[dasankir]

Hmm, the probable fix from this is as follow.
Check how much RAM you have in your laptop.
edit the file /etc/default/grub
and change the line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

if you have 1GB of RAM into:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash mem=1000"

if you have 2GB of RAM into:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash mem=2000"

afterwards run:
sudo update-grub

I tried this without success. I tried many different mem values, but same result. By the way, if I don't include "mb" after the amount of memory the system doesn't boot.

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash mem=2000mb"

Any other possible solution?

[lucazade]

I tried this without success. I tried many different mem values, but same result. By the way, if I don't include "mb" after the amount of memory the system doesn't boot.

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash mem=2000mb"

Any other possible solution?

Dasankir have you ever tried running Jolicloud on this device?
It uses the same poulsbo driver but with a different implementation.
It could help us to identify your issue.
I would like to know if it is a problem with xorg 1.7.x

[hubus]

Hi,

When I run smplayer (VAAPI) by clicking in the KDE it crashes, but when I run it from the command line it works without a problem It only happens with subtitles, clips without subtitles don't crash mplayer. I've ticked "run in terminal" option in the KDE and firstly KDE starts the terminal and then the smplayer and it works
Strange...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdLuIQLzRTA

[jbernardo]

Check the smplayer mplayer log, and run mplayer from the command line with the same exact options. It will crash too... At least here it does. Subtitles crash it a lot, some I have to play using AS S, others without.

[dasankir]

Dasankir have you ever tried running Jolicloud on this device?
It uses the same poulsbo driver but with a different implementation.
It could help us to identify your issue.
I would like to know if it is a problem with xorg 1.7.x

Hi Lucazade,

I tried Jolicloud and had the same problem. I'm downloading now SlaxToo RC1 to try it out.

Thank you.