[haiku] Re: EEE PC 1201N

  • From: David McPaul <dlmcpaul@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:46:36 +1100

On 11 February 2010 09:19, Urias McCullough <umccullough@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Urias McCullough <umccullough@xxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Gregor Rosenauer
>> <gregor.rosenauer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> The screen resolution of 1366x768 is not correctly detected but I
>>> think I get 1280x768, but with full acceleration (so is the 3d nvidia
>>> driver included by default?).
>>
>> Haiku doesn't have a working 3d nvidia driver, only the 2d driver...
>> what method are you using to determine you have "full acceleration" ?
>>
>> One easy way to check and see what driver is loaded is to "ls
>> /dev/graphics", or see which accelerant is used by app_server using
>> "listimage | grep accel"...
>
> Replying to myself, looks like this machine uses a "GeForce 9400-based
> ION" chipset... pretty certain Haiku doesn't have any driver for that
> - which means you're likely experiencing VESA graphics. Yes, Haiku's
> VESA driver is that good :)

Yes the VESA driver is good isn't it.

Currently the only reason to need a native driver is to get overlay support.

At least until 3d acceleration can be done.


-- 
Cheers
David

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