Intel Clarkdale IGPs

ulixes · 2010-02-09 06:10:31

Hi,

Does anyone has experience with the new integrated gpus comming with intels new clarkdale processors? I used the forum search, but it doesnt solve every question.

Do they work with KDE? I want to build up a new office machine and need to know if KDE with hardware accelerated kwin would work on it.

Thanks for reply.

zenlord · 2010-02-09 07:34:01

I think your best bet is to look for the intel linux pages and see if the processors are supported with the intel-driver. Maybe it will be supported only with a new kernel, so you could also look for the upcoming features of the new kernel.

Once your hardware is supported by the driver / kernel, KDE or compiz will run perfectly. I'm working on a box with G45-chipset and all desktop effects are played perfectly.

flamelab · 2010-02-09 07:42:15

The new i3 GPUs need the .33 kernel in order to work properly.

ulixes · 2010-02-09 10:29:14

Ok. When it's expected that archlinux will use the 33 Kernel? There are afaik only RCs and i don't want to build it myself, because this won't be my office machine.

eldragon · 2010-02-09 11:30:28

probably a week or two after its released... but you already knew that

demian · 2010-02-09 20:19:32

Hi,
i have a clarkdale system up and running on latest arch packages and arch kernel 2.6.32.7-1, nothing from testing repository.
It works fine up to now. Power consumption is slightly higher than in windows. But network and sound work. I haven't tested the video performance.
I had some file system corruption errors but that's more likely to be caused by my experimenting with ext4 and boot partition, neither of which i usually use.
Mainboard is MSI H55M-ED55 and CPU/GPU is Intel i3-530.

I'll most likely compile a kernel either tonight or tomorrow using 2.6.33-rc.
Update: Well, both kernels work fine - arch and vanilla.

Last edited by demian (2010-02-13 11:04:15)

Nepherte · 2010-02-10 11:22:47

Does audio over hdmi work?

demian · 2010-02-10 14:32:31

I don't have the means to test that. I know it works in Windows, though, if you're wondering if it's a hardware thing.

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Intel Clarkdale IGPs

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