Intel Finally Delivers Stable i830GM/i845G Driver

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Intel Finally Delivers Stable i830GM/i845G Driver

While the Intel 830GM and 845G chipsets were first introduced more than one decade ago, their graphics driver support has been botched for much of the time. As of today though, Intel Linux driver developers think they have taken care of the longstanding stability issues with this now ancient hardware...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTI1MzI

[curaga]

I'm not sure if I should be happy or sad.

[mark45]

You shouldn't care.

[LinuxID10T]

YES! Finally, I could get working graphics on one of our basement computers. I mean, sure the P4 is slower than shit, but at least it could be halfway useful now. Right now the graphics corrupt and crash often.

[Apopas]

sure the P4 is slower than shit

Occasionally, shit comes very fast...

[LinuxID10T]

Occasionally, shit comes very fast...

Snarky... I like it.

[squirrl]

Meanwhile, they're newest hardware isn't working because they wasted time on hardware nobody is running the latest Xorg on.

[ickle]

Meanwhile, they're newest hardware isn't working because they wasted time on hardware nobody is running the latest Xorg on.

If you were a little more specifc, we could help you to resolve your issue.

[curaga]

You shouldn't care.

Why not? I have several hw of that gen.

[RussianNeuroMancer]

If you were a little more specifc, we could help you to resolve your issue.

For example Steam Overlay issue - after opening Steam Overlay ingame textures got messed up.