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Graphics with intel 945G extremly slow

Posted: 09 Aug 2017, 16:20
by jjflash
I've bought a Dell Optiplex FX160 with Intel Atom N230 and (this is the problem) a 82945G graphics controller.
2 GByte SSD Harddrive
1 GByte DDR2 Ram
I want to run Porteus in textmode only.

The graphics is so extremly slowly, that I'm not really able to scroll a ncurse based application in textmode. What can I do ?

Older thin clients like HP 5000 with 700 MHz CPU and 256 MByte Ram runs smoother than the Optiplex !

Graphics with intel 945G extremly slow

Posted: 09 Aug 2017, 16:37
by fanthom
Perhaps its a modesetting issue,

Please post the output of following commands
lspci -knn
lsmod

You may redirect them to a file first to be able to upload.

If KMS enabled driver (like i915) is not used then you may try enabling standard VESA framebuffer with following cheatcode:

Code: Select all

vga=792
Thanks

Graphics with intel 945G extremly slow

Posted: 15 Aug 2017, 08:57
by jjflash
Thanks for replying my "request",

I've maid a fault:

I have two peaces of Optiplex FX160 and I'm bewildered due to the fact, that one has an i945 graphics chip and the other has a SIS 671 chip. This I've found out by entering lspci -knn.

The one with the Intel Chip works fine. So the extremly slow one is this one with SIS on it.

I've made a search in the internet and now I know: The "problem" is, the chip is very slow and thats not the fault of Linux / Porteus !

So the problem is "solved", thanks a lot to fanthom

JJ

PS: excuse my bad english, I'm an old native german speaking man who has never learned english in a correct way

Graphics with intel 945G extremly slow

Posted: 15 Aug 2017, 10:39
by fanthom
Even SIS GPU should be good enough for text mode.

Please enable VESA framebuffer with 'vga=792' parameter and check if that helps. If this resolution is not supported then you may try these:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BIOS ... de_numbers

Thanks