On Jul 7, 2011 7:52 AM, "Alan Lord (News)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 06/07/11 21:58, Chris Rowson wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I recently bought an Asus X42F laptop computer with a Nehalem Core i3 >> M330 CPU with integrated Intel HD GPU. >> >> I'm finding that it works somewhat better under Windows 7 than under >> Ubuntu. For example: > > > There is certainly one big bug with the integrated Core i3 graphics that has affected us since it first came out. > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/614238 > > This makes the VGA output unusable and from what I can tell is still not really fixed. > > So my point is that I wouldn't be all that surprised if there are other bugs with Intel graphics - they have hardly had a glorious past... > > Al > > -- > The Open Learning Centre > http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com > > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
It's a shame really, because it seems that graphics drivers are a bit if a stumbling block no matter what hardware you go for, especially if you want 3D accelerated graphics. Strange the that Ubuntu would push the 3D.desktop in its more recent releases. Chris
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