On Fri, 2012-05-11 at 06:51 -0400, Jayson Rowe wrote: > > Command: sudo lshw -C video > > Output: > > *-display > > description: VGA compatible controller > > product: 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device > > vendor: Intel Corporation > > configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 > Chris, I'm not very familiar with Intel graphics, so I'm not sure if > that chipset has the required 3D capabilities for Shell or not - perhaps > someone else on the list will know. The 82845G is an i915 like chipset that is a decade old at this point. It wasn't especially powerful when it was new. The i915 is the very very lowest chipset which theoretically should be able to handle GNOME Shell. *BUT* the i915 to i945 are *hardware* [NOT Xorg/LINUX's FAULT] limited to a 2048 pixel axis; so if your screen is large/hi-res or you have a second screen connected the chip will not be accelerated and GNOME Shell won't run. Perhaps on boot-up you can try "i915.modeset=0" appended to the GRUB loader command. My notes mention something about that but aren't clear. This thread is confusing because I don't know what "GNOME classic" means; is that yet another Ubuntu thing? In GNOME 3 there is "GNOME Shell" and "GNOME fallback" (fall-back is still GNOME 3 but without Shell, fall-back is intended for running GNOME3 on antique hardware). But if you are running GNOME Fallback try "gnome-shell --replace &" and see what happens. This is attempt to 'force' GNOME Shell on top of your current GNOME session.
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