[ale] Acer Aspire One AO751H-1192 Sapphire Blue

[Brian Pitts]

On 10/03/2009 07:52 PM, aaron wrote:
> 
> On 2009, Oct, 03, , at 6:41 PM, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 18:30, Jeff Layton <laytonjb at att.net> wrote:
>>> Not to rub salt into wounds, but any details? (I have though about
>>> installing Ubuntu on one as well.
>>
>> The only video mode supported is VESA... which is slow and sluggish.
>> There is some effort, although of no importance or urgency, to support
>> the poulsbo video chip (Intel), but it's a mess right now. [snip]
> 
> Given that the source of your issues rests entirely with the
> proprietary video hardware that the manufacturer is NOT ALLOWING
> Linux distributors to support, it seems way WAY !_WAY_! out of
> line to be be cursing Ubuntu about it!
> 
> Your complaint is with ASUS, and possibly with Mafia$oft being
> to blame as well if they are (as is very, very likely) coercing
> ASUS not to release API information or produce a Linux driver.
> 
> Blame where blame is due dude, and the blame ain't with Ububuntu

No, but it's not really with Asus (and certainly not microsoft). It's,
believe it or not, with Intel.

See
http://www.happyassassin.net/2009/01/30/intel-gma-500-poulsbo-graphics-on-linux-a-precise-and-comprehensive-summary-as-to-why-youre-screwed/

The author of that post has been doing a lot of work to keep poulsbo
working as best he can in Fedora.

http://www.google.com/search?q=poulsbo+site%3Ahappyassassin.net

It looks like Ubuntu has simply said that if Intel won't support it, the
proprietary components mean they can't make it work properly with the
latest Ubuntu.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2009-August/028670.html

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All the best,
Brian Pitts