Comments on: Ubuntu Xorg Drivers Stable PPA

By: Chris Samuel

Chris Samuel — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:23:56 +0000

Work machine card is a Q35..

Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express Integrated GraphicsController (rev 02)

By: Chris Samuel

Chris Samuel — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:17:39 +0000

Just an update, my machine at work is not so happy, after running for a while I get some really odd graphic artifacts with what looks like font glyphs getting corrupted. Hard to tell if it’s the X server or the in-kernel DRI stuff (though 2.6.30-rc4 has just been released, so hopefully I’ll be able to tell as soon as the Ubuntu mainline kernel build appears).

By: Chris Samuel

Chris Samuel — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:56:02 +0000

Hi Neil,

So far so good in terms of stability – I’m not seeing as many of the odd artifacts on screen now, though I won’t say “none” as I think I’ve seen one or two.

As for performance, hard to tell, the only thing I use that does much 3D is Google Earth and I’ve not noticed a lot of change with that. My chipset at home is a Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller rev 2, so i915 related I think.

By: Neil Martin

Neil Martin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:56:25 +0000

This looks cool, just wondering if the new Intel drivers fixed things for you? I’m suffering from the performance regression with a 945 chipset on a laptop, and I’m tempted to try these.