> Is there a free driver for Intel 4500M video adapter? > > It is not included in FSF list of free video hardware > (https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/video). > > If there is one, what is the name of the kernel module (e.g., i915.ko)? It > supports DRI, doesn't it?
I have a Thinkpad X200s with Intel 4500MHD and I can confirm that Intel's GMA X4500 series have basic free software support. In fact, gNewSense 2.1 recognizes the screen resolution (1440x900 in my case) correctly out-of-the-box. However, due to the oldness of gNS' graphics utilities (x.org server, mesa and xf86-video-intel), the performance is somewhat flaky iirc. Furthermore, when I installed linux-libre-2.6.28 for wireless support, the screen resolution broke, i guess, due to the incompatibility with the xserver in gNS. You can find a discussion on what you need for a more thorough graphics support at http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel_x4500hd As you can see, it involves compilation of X.Org 7.4 and xf86-video-intel 2.4.0. Note: I personally preferred to do a free Debian 5.0 installation (which means main repo + linux-libre) which doesn't come with those exact versions of xorg or xf86-video-intel but provide a decent graphics performance/stability. (Freed Ubuntu Intrepid also works okay, though freeing Ubuntu is a little bit more complicated.) Ali _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
