On Thu, 2009-09-17 at 07:25 +0000, nomnex wrote:
> Panasonic Driver
> 
> Hi, thank you very much for your answer. It brings much clarity. I was
> slow to answer because I did some research in the meantime.
> Nevertheless, it is bit technical for my understanding. May I ask your
> advice to help me go along the process. Disclaimer: English is my second
> language. I master it very imperfectly. Thank you to take it in
> consideration.
> 
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> 
> First: Your bug report "Upstream" - what does mean Upstream in the
> Ubuntu terminology (vs. the bug report in Launchpad)?
> 
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22771
> 
> Eric Anholt says: [...] The batchbuffer dump doesn't conclusively point
> to the bug I just fixed [...] Please re-open if the bug persists [...]
> 
> I don't see any link to a patch or other indication and as stated in
> your message - sadly, there is little to expect on this side.

Exactly what I was referring to when I said upstream. To reopen the bug
I had to sign up and I wasn't prepared to do this with a site with an
invalid certificate (I am doing a phd in information security, I'm a bit
paranoid when it comes to these things :) so I just gave up and went
back to 2.4.

It seems that no one (ubuntu or X) is interested in something that is a
total show-stopper, at least for some subsection of the community. I
wonder how many new users haven't even bothered to raise a bug report,
bagged linux for being so unstable and went back to windows. And some
people wonder why linux isn't ready for mainstream adoption.

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> 
> I can use the tutorial "Reverting the Jaunty Xorg intel driver to
> 2.4" (as you did), however before doing so, you would mind following the
> links below and tell me if any of them could be relevant to our Intel
> driver problem?
> 
> A. Title: ATI unsupported cards in jaunty: full effects:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1164013
> 
> B. How To Fix Freezes in Ubuntu on hp 540 - simlar complain and a work
> around
> http://ubuntu.igameilive.com/2009/05/how-to-fix-freezes-in-ubuntu-on-hp-540.html
> 
> Maybe a topic of interest (C and D are related)
> 
> C. HOWTO: Jaunty Intel Graphics Performance Guide
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1130582
> 
> Although the disclamer looks like a stopper - I use an external
> boardband wirless card btw.
> "*Disclaimer: Using a third-party kernel means that you will no longer
> have access to "restricted" drivers such as FGLRX, NVIDIA, some Broadcom
> wireless chipsets, certain webcams and a handful new sound cards that
> require restricted firmware to function. If you believe that you have
> restricted hardware on your machine, you should continue using the
> official Jaunty kernel - in other words, stick to the Safe
> configuration."
> 
> D. X Updates on Launchpad (see title and link E below):
> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates
> 
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I really have given up, feel free to try these things though and please
report back if you find something that works. I have too many things to
do than to be fumbling around in the dark trying to find what's breaking
ubuntu.

> Thanks you again for your time and patience.

No worries. :)

> Marc
> Tel +81 90 2106 17 20
> Tel. <email address hidden>
> 
> PS: The Celeron cpu/ram (512 max) and display of the CF-W2 model are not
> suitable for gaming. However I do watch Divx movies in my spare time. If
> I go above a size of 340x240, the movie turns dark and freeze. This is
> not normal. Do you think using old driver might solve the problem? And
> correct if I am wrong, but movies are 2D? In your message you talk about
> 3D, but 3D is only about modern computer games - like brutal chess
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/brutalchess/

Correct. The desktop visual effects are using 3D though, so best turn
these off using the method I said in my previous email.

Good luck! :)

Mike