[Mageia-dev] Fwd: fallback mode

[Olivier Blin]

Olav Vitters <olav at vitters.nl> writes:

> On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 07:27:26PM +0100, Olivier Blin wrote:
>> Even an Intel Core2 Duo (E8400) from 2008 + Intel Q35 chipset from 2007
>> can not handle the load with Gnome Shell on a 1920x1080 display, using
>> accelerated GL drivers.
>
> Sure it is not using llvmpipe accidentally? What kind of driver does
> that Q35 use? I have an intel chipset in my old laptop, no clue what,
> but it is really smooth.

Q35 has an Intel GMA3100 chipset, it is using i915.
I don't think it is using llvmpipe, since
/usr/lib64/gnome-session-check-accelerated-helper succeeds.
Is there a better way to check that?

Which Intel chipset is your old laptop using? 

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Olivier Blin - blino