Intel GMA 950?

[Justin Conover]

On 10/4/06, Per Bothner <per at bothner.com> wrote:
>
> Justin Conover wrote:
> > I'm thinking of getting a Dell e1405 with the intel card, just wondering
> > how well it works.  Are the 1390 wireless opensource drivers too?
>
> I'm using a Dell e1405 (with the 1440x900 monitor) and am reasonably
> happy with it.  I have had regular crashes of Firefox and Thunderbird.
> (It is possible that I've misconfigured xorg.conf, so I'm trying now
> with a simpler and cleaner xorg.conf.)
>
> There are a few annoyances.  I haven't gotten dual-screen (using the
> laptop screen plus an external monitor) working, though the man page
> suggests it might be possible.  (This worked on my previous Compaq
> laptop, using nvidia's closed-source driver.)  Worse, switching between
> external and internal monitor doesn't usefully work, at least if I want
> to make use of the full resolution of both.  I.e. if I'm working on my
> desk using the external monitor, I can't take the laptop into the living
> room without shutting down X.  (I have considered trying either vnc or
> freenx to alleviate this problem, though I don't believe either of them
> supports virtual screen resizing.  The idea is to run all applications
> on a 1600x1200 vnc or freenx server, on the same machine.  Then I'd
> start up 1600x1200 or 1440x900 client depending on whether I'm at my
> desk or not.  Anyone have such a set-up working?)
>
> Both pm-hibernate and pm-suspend seem to work in the latest pre-FC6,
> at least from the command line, and using Ethernet rather than WiFi.
> (I've mostly been using Ethernet, since the WiFi requires some more
> complicated installation, which is a hassle when doing frequent
> kernel updates.)
> --
>         --Per Bothner
> per at bothner.com   http://per.bothner.com/
>
>
Thanks for the info, I just got an E1505 with x1400 (ati) and not so sure
I'm going to like an ati card and linux.  I was curious about size too and
wondering if the 14.1 is a lot smaller than the 15.4 or just a tad bit.  I
know I could do the math, but visually makes a difference sometimes :)
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