GMA3600 driver for LinuxCNC

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28 Apr 2015 22:36 - 28 Apr 2015 22:55 #58189 by KenC
Still feel the pain from the resolution issue with Intel D2500 and Ubuntu 10.04....
Am hoping powerVR, the Intel GMA3600/3650 driver gel with Linuxcnc 2.6.7's rtai?
I read that it only work in 32bits Ubuntu 12.04 and later. But have no idea how it will fair with rtai.
Since I already spent time on Lucid, it would be great if Precise + Linuxcnc 2.6.7. will be my easy way out.
ef.gy/ubuntu-cedarview-drivers
packages.ubuntu.com/precise-updates/x11/...iew-graphics-drivers
Please advise.
Last edit: 28 Apr 2015 22:55 by KenC.

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28 Apr 2015 23:27 #58193 by ArcEye
Replied by ArcEye on topic GMA3600 driver for LinuxCNC
As Debian have not put any packages together for GMA3600, Ubuntu is probably the right way to go.

Probably best to install straight 14.04 LTS and try the video side, if that works then look at getting a rtai kernel.

Afraid I don't have the hardware to test it on, so it is a bit academic, save that on paper Ubuntu seems to have the chips better supported.
Whether this will continue to work with a rtai kernel, probably depends on the difference between the kernel versions.

The rtai kernel with Linuxcnc is tagged as 3.4-9 but is in fact the 3.4-55 sources.
Not all the drivers are built in the binary packages.

Debian is running 3.2.x in stock Wheezy kernels and Ubuntu was about 3.16.x last time I looked, so any support in the stock kernel should exist in the rtai one.
If you can find DKMS source to build the drivers rather than packaged binaries, that would be much better.

Bottom line is I don't know, you are going to have to try it and see

regards

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