<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> > To: ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > From: derek@pointerstop.ca > Subject: Re: How can I use 'newer' version of Intel X drivers? > Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 21:16:23 -0300 > > Vincent Arnoux wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 22:49, Chris G<cl@isbd.net> wrote: > >> Can anyone tell me how I go about getting the newer Intel display > >> drivers please. > > > > Hi, > > For my part, I simply installed 2.6.30 Linux kernel: > > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.30/linux- > image-2.6.30-020630-generic_2.6.30-020630_i386.deb > > and > > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.30/linux- > headers-2.6.30-020630_2.6.30-020630_all.deb > > And not the 2.7.1 intel driver? I'm pretty sure you need both. I got the > driver by adding this ppa: > > $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xorg.list > deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu jaunty main > -- > derek > > Do you get better openGL accelleration with these new drivers? OpenGL goes incredibly slow on my ubuntu 9.04 (kernel 2.6.28) --cj </body> </html>