[Bug 941172] Re: do-release-update to Precise produces a hardware-not-support-in-Natty warning

[Nathan Stratton Treadway]

Here's the code that produces the message, found starting at line 484 of
DistUpgradeQuirks.py:

    def _test_and_warn_on_i8xx(self):
        I8XX_PCI_IDS = ["8086:7121", # i810
                        "8086:7125", # i810e
                        "8086:1132", # i815
                        "8086:3577", # i830
                        "8086:2562", # i845
                        "8086:3582", # i855
                        "8086:2572", # i865
                        ]
        lspci = self._get_pci_ids()
        if set(I8XX_PCI_IDS).intersection(lspci):
            res = self._view.askYesNoQuestion(
                _("Your graphics hardware may not be fully supported in "
                  "Ubuntu 11.04."),
                _("The support in Ubuntu 11.04 for your intel graphics "
                  "hardware is limited "
                  "and you may encounter problems after the upgrade. "
                  "Do you want to continue with the upgrade?")
                )
            if res == False:
                self.controller.abort()

(This machine does indeed have a video controller with a "8086:2562" PCI
id.)

I noticed the Natty release notes mention there was an issue with i915
and i945 graphics (LP #727594), but it seems like that problem was
resolved in the Natty timeframe, so if that's the issue being checked
for here, it seems like the check is no longer needed.

On the other hand, if this is related to a different issue, then the
version number mentioned in the message should be updated -- and it
would be very helpful if the message included a link to additional
information so the user would have some idea what sort of problems might
occur and how to decide whether or not it's safe to proceed with the
upgrade...

Thanks.

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Title:
  do-release-update to Precise produces a hardware-not-support-in-Natty
  warning

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I ran "do-release-update -d" on a Lucid system to upgrade to Precise
  (which downloaded and ran version 0.156.6 of precise.tar.gz).

  As part of the pre-upgrade checking process, I got the following
  message:

    Your graphics hardware may not be fully supported in Ubuntu 11.04.

    The support in Ubuntu 11.04 for your intel graphics hardware is 
    limited and you may encounter problems after the upgrade. Do you want 
    to continue with the upgrade?

  Does this warning still apply to Precise?

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