[Mageia-dev] gma500 display driver problem with Mageia 2 alpha

Wed Jan 4 16:21:38 CET 2012

Am 02.01.2012 13:21, schrieb Mika Laitio:
+> Hi
+>
+> I got couple of years old Nokia booklet which has gma500 gpu and 1280x768
+> panel. I installed i586 version of Mageia 2 alpha2. Installation went fine
+> but on next reboot the ui failed to show up.
+>
+> I went to drakconf console and there the display drake identified the card ok
+> and suggested using "Poulsbo US15W (gma500)" driver.
+> That will install dkms-psb module that will howeve fail to load with 3.0
+> kernels.
+>
+> If I force the vesa mode in drakconf, then the display works ok in 1280x768
+> mode. (Thought not the world fastest display).
+>
+> Another option is to use fbdev drivers that to my understand uses
+> new psb_gfx module that is available for 3.2 kernels.
+> (/lib/modules/3.2.0-desktop586-0.rc7.2.mga2/kernel/drivers/staging/gma500/psb_gfx.ko.gz
+> on latest mageia devel kernel)
+>
+> With the fbdev kernel, I could however select the 800x600 resolution in
+> maximum with drakconf. Any idea what should be changed in drakconf
+> to enable the psb_gfx/fbdev driver by default with gma500 and to allow
+> to select higher resolution like 1280x768?
+Sorry, i don't have a GMA500 aka Poulsbo, but from what i remember investigating
+for alternatives to this driver (which is prone to breakage due to kernel updates)
+maybe you want to have a look at
+https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo
+and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Poulsbo#Kernel.27s_psb-gfx_module
+