Ok, Thank you, I will try upgrading from Ubuntu 10.4 to see if that works. Rigo
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin-Éric Racine Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 4:09 PM To: Torres, Rigo Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Xorg-driver-geode] Any know installation issues on Geode with latest distributions versions? Installing Ubuntu 10.4 and upgrading from that should work. Here, my old ION603A was upgraded from that, one release at a time, and currently runs the current 11.10 alpha just fine. As for fresh installs, Ubuntu releases newer than 10.4 *might* have installers that perform a summary check for an i686 or newer based on the machine type advertised by the CPU and flatly refuse to install on anything older. Needless to say, the LX should advertise itself as 686, except that it doesn't. If in doubt, it might be a good idea to file a bug report on Launchpad against the installer and see what the Ubuntu developers reply about what makes the install fail. 2011/8/2 Torres, Rigo <[email protected]>: > Thank you for your reply. > Yes, this is for Geode LX support. > Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu 11.4 did not install on my Geode LX800 system, from > your update below it sounds like it should be working on GeodeLX but not > Geode GX2 or GX1. > I will try Debian on Geode LX to see if I have better luck. > > Thank you. > Rigo > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Martin-Éric Racine > Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 2:45 PM > To: Torres, Rigo > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Xorg-driver-geode] Any know installation issues on Geode with > latest distributions versions? > > 2011/8/1 Torres, Rigo <[email protected]>: >> My name is Rigo and I am from AMD customer support. >> >> We have a customer asking what are the supported Kernels and/or >> distributions by the Geode graphics driver. > > It really depends on what Geode variant we're talking about. > Generally-speaking, recent Fodera, Red Hat and Ubuntu releases don't support > anything older than a Geode LX, due to their compilers producing > i686-optimized binaries by standard, which obviously won't work on GX1/SC/GX2 > hardware. Meanwhile, Debian should work on any known Geode variant, at least > as far as performing a basic installation goes, since they ship binaries > compiled with more generic i486-optimized binaries. > > However, the X driver is an entirely different issue. Basically, the > xf86-video-geode module supports the LX mostly well, however its GX2 support > is rather shaky and constantly on the verge of no longer working. Meanwhile, > GX1 and SC support is entirely gone, because the old xf86video-nsc module no > longer builds on recent X server cores. > > I hope that the above helps. > > Best Regards, > Martin-Éric > _______________________________________________ > Xorg-driver-geode mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-geode > -- - maahanmuuttoasiain ja ulkomaankaupan asiantuntija - Suomen kansallisverkoston jäsen, European Migration Network (MIGRI) - neuvottelukunnan jäsen 2009-2011, Otaniemi International Network (NEO-OTANIEMI) - käyttäjäraadin jäsen 2009-2013, Infopankki - vierasblogaaja, Magma _______________________________________________ Xorg-driver-geode mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-geode
