Needing A New Driver

[Deomedes]

Hey everyone
I posted a while back about having trouble with the Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) and what to do about it. I have since come to the conclusion that that thread may have been abandoned. My hope here is to ask if anyone can tell me the steps i need to go through in order to locate, find, and install an appropriate driver for that chip set. any information would be appreciated. Thanks!

- Deomedes

[Husse]

It uses the intel driver installed by default, but the 965 is on the Compiz blacklist (can't use xgl) so you'll never (?) have compiz
If video is sloppy check /etc/X11/xorg.conf and Section "Device". If driver is set to "vesa" change to "intel"

[anunez48]

what Husse said about the driver is ok, i have the same graphic card. Although this card is blacklisted there is a way to activate compiz and the famous cube( of course under your responsibility), first install this:
sudo aptitude install compizconfig-settings-manager
and then you can do what this small tutorial says, it is for ATI but just look for intel in the file
http://soccerislife8.blogspot.com/2008/ ... 10-if.html
i hope this could help

[MagnusB]

I have the same card, you can enable compiz just fine, I used to have a script that did this, I found it at ThinkWiki, can't find it right now.

[Deomedes]

Hey guys,
I've been reading through some of my old posts, since i'm gettin better at knowin exactly what i'm doin. I'm pretty much comfortable with re-installing linux on my computer. Will using the work around mentioned in the link above affect my whole computer or will its effect just be on linuxmint itself?