Information for Intel graphics driver users

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Configuration

The driver auto-detects all device information necessary to initialize the card. The only lines you should need in the "Device" section of your xorg.conf file are:

Section "Device"
   Identifier "intel"
   Driver     "intel"
EndSection

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Source:

/usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-intel/README.gz


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How I installed Linux Mint theme into Ubuntu Hardy

I am very impressed with the "Lightning" theme of Linux Mint 5 Elyssa on my laptop, so I installed it on my desktop which is currently running Ubuntu Hardy.

The steps:

1. Go to Linux Mint Repository site and download these two files: gtk2-engines-aurora and gtk2-engines-candido
   
   
2. Go to this website and download this file: mint-artwork_5.0-2_all.deb
   This file contains Mint Green icons and several Linux Mint themes, wallpapers and GDM themes.
   
   
3. Install those three files in point 1 and 2:
   sudo dpkg -i gtk2-engines-aurora_1.4-1nano_i386.deb
   sudo dpkg -i gtk2-engines-candido_0.9.1-2nano_i386.deb
   sudo dpkg-i mint-artwork_5.0-2_all.deb
   
   
4. Using USB flash disk, copy the Lightning directory from /usr/share/themes directory in the laptop to home directory in Ubuntu desktop.
   
   Change its permission:
   sudo chmod 755 -R Lightning/
   
   move it to ./themes directory in Ubuntu:
   mv Lightning/ .themes/
   
   
5. Go to System > Preference > Appearance > Theme and select Lightning.

Enjoy the Lightning theme, it is really fast and lightning :)

Linux Mint + Plain Gnome + Lightning = lite and fast

Linux Mint has become very popular and naturally I tempted to try it again, so recently I installed it's latest version (Linux Mint 5-r1 Elyssa) on my old laptop.

It is nice but a little bit heavy for the limited resources on my laptop.
Searching in google, I found a guide to improve the gnome performance here.

Basically it simply suggest to make gnome "plain" by turning off the menu icons, splash screen, panel animation etc, plus "using a theme which require less cpu resources".

So I did as suggested and when I was playing with Linux Mint's themes, I stumbled upon one of the included themes, named "Lightning".
When I tried this theme, suddenly everything feels lite and fast.
And I think this theme is also beautiful:



Well, thank's to Linux Mint, now I have a nice, lite and fast distro which is perfect for my old laptop.

xorg.conf - Ubuntu 8.04 for Toshiba Tecra 8200 Laptop

For my personal note, I put here the content of xorg.conf file of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron for my old laptop.

I have to use this xorg.conf because the default one failed to give correct video resolution of the laptop.

This is also applicable on Linux Mint 5.0 Elyssa (I have tested it), and most probably on other distros based on Ubuntu Hardy Heron.

I created the xorg.conf by following a nice tips I found on Ubuntuforums.
Big thank's to ilovelinux33467 who wrote the tips ..... (and yes, he is only 14 years old !!! )


##
##
## SOURCE: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4772671
## BIG THANK'S TO: ilovelinux33467
##
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# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Boardname "Trident CyberBlade (generic)"
Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
Driver "trident"
Screen 0
Vendorname "Trident"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Vendorname "Generic LCD Display"
Modelname "LCD Panel 1024x768"
Horizsync 31.5-48.0
Vertrefresh 56.0 - 65.0
modeline "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
modeline "800x600@56" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1024x768@60" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -vsync -hsync
Gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Defaultdepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1024 768
Modes "1024x768@60" "800x600@60" "800x600@56" "640x480@60"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
Inputdevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "GLcore"
Load "v4l"
EndSection
Section "device" #
Identifier "device1"
Boardname "Trident CyberBlade (generic)"
Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
Driver "trident"
Screen 1
Vendorname "Trident"
EndSection
Section "screen" #
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Defaultdepth 24
Monitor "monitor1"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "640x480@60"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "monitor" #
Identifier "monitor1"
Vendorname "Plug 'n' Play"
Modelname "Plug 'n' Play"
modeline "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
Gamma 1.0
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

Puppy Linux 4.0 on my old laptop: it's getting better

Recently I tried one of my fav distro, Puppy Linux, on my very old laptop Toshiba Tecra 8200.
And this time I found a pleasant surprise.

Previous versions of Puppy Linux always failed to boot on this laptop as they were unable to recognize the video chipset of the laptop, which is Trident Cyberblade XP.

Usually as a workaround I followed the steps as suggested in this thread and this thread in Puppy's Forum, which was basically I had to copy a working xorg.conf from other distro and then pasted it to Puppy when the booting halted.

In the newest version of Puppy Linux, the 4.0 version, I don't have to do that workaround again.
Now during booting session, the following message came out:



I just followed the instruction, then the wizard came out guiding me to choose the video/display hardware configuration:






And it works !

(Posted from Puppy Linux 4.0)