Re: Gnome 3 vs scientists (ie., external monitor problem)

[Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gmail com>]

On 2011-05-31 at 14:54, Artur Wroblewski wrote:
> >> In the FAQ I have found only a very approximate information which
> >> cards are supported.
> >
> > The FAQ entry is more about which drivers have added the needed bug
> > fixes and features. It's not about a resolution.
> 
> imho, it would be nice to list those cards in the faq to warn people
> who want to upgrade now as crashing software due to card limitations
> is bad and frustrating experience.

the hard limit is on intel 915/945 integrated graphics (which are sadly
what netbooks generally use). the limit also used to exist on 965 but it
was a soft limit that was lifted by fixing the driver in Mesa.

ciao,
 Emmanuele.

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