My GMA 3600 does not work with the Meego/Ubuntu driver for CedarView

[RGaun]

Hi

I own an Atom D2500 , CedarTrail with GMA3600 for video (obviously ) .

For a year and a half I used Windows 7 and its driver, and I have no complaints about it (I recognize that the device efficiency is very limited) , limiting myself only to watch videos and play games that work on low hardware performance.

Not long ago I discovered that not only Meego (which I do not like, I do not want my notebook looking like a cell phone), but Ubuntu (and the various distros based on it, such as Linux Deepin) possessed own drivers for the Cedarview CedarTrail.

http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise-updates/cedarview-graphics-drivers http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise-updates/cedarview-graphics-drivers

http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise-updates/cedarview-drm Ubuntu – Details of package cedarview-drm in precise-updates

http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise-updates/libva-cedarview-vaapi-driver Ubuntu – Details of package libva-cedarview-vaapi-driver in precise-updates

But I can not even load the installer of these distros. There is a graphical error with the driver and my GMA3600, as in the attached photo .

This error occurs in all versions of Ubuntu >= 12.4.2 LTS (where the driver comes with the distro installer), and other distros apparently use this driver, like Fedora, Linux Deepin, Linux Mint, etc.

The only recent distro that worked was Debian Wheezy, which uses the ' Gallium 0.4 ' driver, even with 1366x768 resolution and 2D acceleration working, but without support for 3D acceleration, and the Gnome interface only works in fallback mode.

I downloaded the Jessie testing version of Debian, and the error with the video that happens in Ubuntu is going into testing version also.

I was wondering if there's anything I can do to fix this error.

[Kevin_M_Intel · Accepted solution]

Hi 648trindade,

I am sorry to hear you are having problems with the HDMI audio in your system but let me help you.

Please note that the only validated operating system from our side for the GMA 3600 Series is Win 7 32 bit. You can try other operating system but we do not guarantee the correct functionality.

My recommendation is to install the validated operating system to discard issues.

[RGaun]

I already know that. I've the supported system installed and running on my notebook. But I want to work with others, do not want to feel limited by my hardware.

[TLaur1]

And what about when Windows 7 will be EOL?

I bought a computer, not a Windows 7 license.

Please justify why the source code of that driver is still not open source.

Regard.

[TLaur1]

In fact, here is the current status of the open source driver support of cedarview. This is a shame, seriously. My computer is running ubuntu 12.04, in 32 bits even though the cpu is a 64, because the current driver can and wil only work with a 3.2 kernel. No, I do not like Windows, and I think I should have the right to choose whatever plaform suits me without being dictated what to use because Intel dropped/never offered real support for cedarview.

https://01.org/linuxgraphics/node/111 Intel Linux Graphics - No Intel card on Atom N2100 | Linux Graphics

Please guys. Please cooperate with the open source scene.