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

[Artur Wroblewski <wrobell pld-linux org>]

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gmail com> wrote:
> 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.

Jason, i am not looking for a matrix. imho, above sentence is perfect to
be part of the faq.

thanks Emmanuele.

best regards,

w