How to install Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 in Mepis 3.4.3?
 

Guys,

I have this laptop with Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900. I have successfully installed Mepis 3.4.3 but the screen is not that good. Especially if you are watching DVD. Can someone help me out? I am kinda new to Mepis and tweaking hardwares for Linux. What packages should I download? Do I have to recompile the kernel? Please teach me the step-by-step ...Thanks.

For watching a dvd - make sure you have dma enabled for the dvd drive.

Here is an article about your chipset:
http://www.intel.com/cd/ids/develope...974.htm?page=3

there is a link to a driver page.
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...ort_Intel.aspx

However, you should check that there isn't already a driver package specifically for Mepis/Debian. (It is very likely there is one, and very unlikely that you will have to compile anything. Have fun.)

If you installed mepis for games/multimedia support out of the box, I'm looking at a spanish distro "LinEx" and it's home/school version "Extreme Linux".
www.linex.org (spanish - the english page is: http://www.linex.org/linex2/linex/ingles/index_ing.html)

I have an intel graphics media accelerator (intel gma 900) as well but I can't compile the latest driver for slackware. It says gl.h wasn't found when I do make World
Thanks for any help!

Use i810 driver in xorg.conf
 

Use i810 driver in xorg.conf

i810 driver is included with almost every distro and works well

specify
Driver "i810"
in xorg.conf
==
itazev -- if you want slackware answers, please post in slackware forum -- this is the Mepis forum -- but I do suggest trying i810 driver -- will not need to compile it
==
Mike


Post to http://www.mepislovers.org -- very helpful forum
Download the user guide http://www.mepis.org/node/6679
Use the wiki http://www.mepislovers-wiki.org you can search it

cheers! I'll try that one!