Guide to Get the Best Performace from the GMA 500

[lucazade]

You rock!
It seems to work, even if the movie starts slowly and then it improves speed...

Another question: after updating kernel to 2.6.32-25, when I boot I read: resuming libgcrypt 1.4.4. Anything other strange in your opinion?

Thanks really a lot!

i have a reminiscence of uswsusp workaround, i believe libgcrypt is related to that fix.
not sure anyway!

[jbernardo]

i was sure you had hotkeys working.
i can tune brightness with acer only playing a lot with panel applet (i have to right click on it once opened otherwise any other click close is automatically!)

Brightness for me works only with the panel applet. And it usually resets to maximum brightness when I plug/unplug, resume, etc. I always need to move again the slider to get the brightness back to what I want.

[simplygades]

Since I saw the conversation about mplayer above, I have the gma500/ppa version installed, but my subtitles appear totally unreadable ( a bunch of lines actually). Does this occur to someone else too? Is there a magic setting I've missed perhaps? Thanks!

[yeahitsmeagain]

hi jbernardo!

if i remember well mfonville using gnome and 1101ha was ok with these:
"acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor"

you with 1101ha and kde were using only:
"acpi_osi=Linux"
correct?

ilyakon with Dell Mini 12 fixed hotkeys with:
"acpi_backlight=vendor acpi_skip_timer_override"

i hoped putting all of these fixed for all netbooks, but doesn't seems to be the case!

any suggestion?
we should detect DE and netbook brand?

(official bug report is here if anyone need: http://code.google.com/p/gma500/issues/detail?id=10)

My Dell Mini 12 is a real puzzle. I use the settings above and before the update Luca referenced in #2131, the brightness hotkeys didn't work but screen was bright. After that update, the hotkeys work but I can't get the screen anywhere near as bright as it was before.

I obviously have the brightness set to max. I checked the bios, all around the control panel, etc but can't find a place to crank it up. Any ideas?

[ethouin]

i have a reminiscence of uswsusp workaround, i believe libgcrypt is related to that fix.
not sure anyway!

Yes, the writing "resuming libgcrypt 1.4.4. " occurs when you use the uswsusp workaround in lucid and in maverick.
I had this before on these two distro, before reinstalling everything two days ago..
Now with a clean install, I do not have it, but as I do not use suspend, I do not know if suspend works...

[prankster_mk]

Yes, the writing "resuming libgcrypt 1.4.4. " occurs when you use the uswsusp workaround in lucid and in maverick.
I had this before on these two distro, before reinstalling everything two days ago..
Now with a clean install, I do not have it, but as I do not use suspend, I do not know if suspend works...

So nothing to do for solving the issue without reinstalling???
thank u

[lucazade]

So nothing to do for solving the issue without reinstalling???
thank u

It's only a warning, not an error.. what kind of problem do you have?
if it is only the warning bother you, look in the wiki and switch from uswsusp workaround to 99video workaround.

[prankster_mk]

It's only a warning, not an error.. what kind of problem do you have?
if it is only the warning bother you, look in the wiki and switch from uswsusp workaround to 99video workaround.

No problem, I suppose... just a few of seconds more for booting.

[mdx]

Brightness for me works only with the panel applet. And it usually resets to maximum brightness when I plug/unplug, resume, etc. I always need to move again the slider to get the brightness back to what I want.

why didnt u use the up/down keys? click the brightness applet only once - use up/down and if its like u want, click the applet again

i am on a acer 0751

[lucazade]

why didnt u use the up/down keys? click the brightness applet only once - use up/down and if its like u want, click the applet again

i am on a acer 0751

thanks, this is easier to use..tried everything but up/down!