Intel Cedarview graphics drivers don't have PAE support

[Jean Lucas]

On an Asus 1025C with Intel N2600 and GMA500 and a default PAE 3.2.0.32 kernel (installed 4 GB RAM), the basic driver "drm driver for Intel GMA500" installs after 5 minutes and a crashed display (then reboot). Shifting tty's shows the graphics are just corrupted after installation from enabling them on the fly. After a reboot there is 2D support and unity performs slowly (YouTube and etc is choppy). Afterwards, installing the "Intel Cedarview graphics driver" requires a reboot and afterwards xorg crashes and I'm dropped to the console. Installing the generic image and headers and adding an entry for this kernel in 40_custom (grub) allows xorg to work with full support for both drivers. The bug report that appeared on successful boot however, shows the generic non-PAE kernel image as a REQUIREMENT for cedarview-drm. I haven't investigated further into the driver itself to see if it does not support PAE kernels but once again, as far as the bug report the dependencies specify the generic non-PAE as a requirement. If this can be fixed, I can upgrade my netbook to 8 GB RAM, and many other cases that have abandonded Windows for Ubuntu can enjoy an Ubuntu fully supported on their GMA500-based computers with support for >2GB RAM, unless their mobo/bios enables 64-bit (bah humbug).

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: cedarview-drm 20120717-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-32.51-generic 3.2.30
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14
Architecture: i386
DKMSBuildLog:
 DKMS make.log for cedarview-drm-20120717 for kernel 3.2.0-32-generic (i686)
 Sat Nov 10 11:57:35 EST 2012
 Makefile:5: /boot/config-3.2.0-32-generic: No such file or directory
 make: *** No rule to make target `/boot/config-3.2.0-32-generic'. Stop.
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.2.0-32-generic
Date: Sat Nov 10 11:57:43 2012
DuplicateSignature:
 DKMS make.log for cedarview-drm-20120717 for kernel 3.2.0-32-generic (i686)
 Makefile:5: /boot/config-3.2.0-32-generic: No such file or directory
 make: *** No rule to make target `/boot/config-3.2.0-32-generic'. Stop.
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
PackageVersion: 20120717-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: cedarview-drm-drivers
Title: cedarview-drm 20120717-0ubuntu1: cedarview-drm kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Willie Bahamonde (williefwbii)]

the bottom of the screen shakes when white is displayed.