Comment 177 for bug 930447

On 2013-05-09 23:08, Harry French wrote:
> On 5/9/2013 2:47 AM, sudodus wrote:
>> Hello Pentium M users,
>>
>> It would be nice if you post a reply in this new thread at the Ubuntu
>> Forums
>>
>> "What OS are you running with Pentium M and what do you want next?"
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2143297
>>
>> and describe your experiences with Pentium M.
>>
>> Best regards
>> sudodus
>>
> I have 6 Dell Latitude D800 notebooks.
> They work fine with several of the older distros.
> I like them because 3 have 1920x1200 resolution which is no longer
> available. Also, they are tough.
> The old distros are also are needed because the "nouveau" open NVIDIA
> drivers do not correctly identify the video cards.
> I have GoForce FX4200 32MB and 64MB cards, also GoForce FX5200 32MB and
> 64MB, and FX5265 128MB.
> The 32MB cards, which are more common, are recognized as 64MB.
> I have WXGA, WSXGA+, and WUXGA screens, if some one wants to help with
> the "nouveau" problems.
> I have put the newer model Pentium M in one machine.
> The machine claims it is not supported, but it seems to work.
>
Hi Harry,

I see that you have more than one issue with your Dell Latitude D800
notebooks, and I can understand that you might hesitate to try my
Lubuntu-fake-pae because of expected problems with the nvidia graphics.
The only thing I can say is that I have a few older nvidia chips that
work with the present version of nouveau (but these are is desktop
computers, not in any computer with Pentium M CPU).

- Which distro and version are you running right now, and what about the
end of life of that version?

- Is there any bug report about your issue with nouveau?

- Have you tried any proprietary nvidia driver?

Best regards
sudodus