[Gloucs] Dell Inspiron 15xx series laptops

[paul cooke]

On Sunday 13 January 2008 03:29, Sean Keeney wrote:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=582112

"This means your video card has been blacklisted due to driver issues. This 
applies to some Radeon Mobility cards, Radeon rv350 and rv450 cards, and the 
Intel 965 (X3000, X3100)."

looks like you won't have any fancy compiz...

> The Intel cards are rock solid in Ubuntu, so no problems there. Don't
> expect anything great in Compiz though (I have no idea whether the
> drivers support a composited desktop)
>
> The wireless should be fine though.
>
> On 12/01/2008, Andrew Oakley <andrew at aoakley.com> wrote:
> > I'm about to take delivery of a Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop with MS Vista.
> > One of the first things I'm going to do is dual-boot it with Ubuntu
> > (probably the Alpha 2 pre-release of 8, Hardy Heron, as this will be a
> > long-term support version).
> >
> > Does anyone here have an Inspiron 15xx series laptop, or any machine
> > with an Intel GMA X3100 or similar series graphics card? If so, would
> > they mind me possibly bothering them with questions if I encounter any
> > problems?
> >
> > The main things I want to get running initially are the dual boot, the
> > wireless networking card, and Compiz.
> >
> > --
> > Andrew Oakley
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > gloucs mailing list
> > gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gloucs
>
> _______________________________________________
> gloucs mailing list
> gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk
> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gloucs