[Wine] Compatibility regression after migrating to 64 bit Linux

[Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle]

Em Sáb, 2009-06-06 às 13:31 -0700, James McKenzie escreveu:
> Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle wrote:
> > I'm using an onboard Intel GMA X4500HD (G45 chipset), driver
> > xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.6.3-0ubuntu9. If this might be fixed in the
> > 2.7 version of the video driver, I would be willing to instal Arch Linux
> > on a sepparate partition and try wine on it.
> >
> >   
> Intel chipsets are notorious for providing poor Linux support.  Wine is
> one of those programs that will test the ability of these drivers.
> > [In my previous computer I used S3 Unichrome onboard and Nvidia FX 5200
> > offboard with either the nv or the nvidia drivers, without a problem.]
> >
> >   
> NVida on the other hand provides much better Linux support and Wine
> functions much better.
> 
> I would suggest, if at all possible, using the NVida card if you still
> have it.

Thanks for the information, I wasn't aware of that. I can't use my old
NVIDIA card because it's for AGP slots, which my current motherboard
lacks. I'll try the new Intel driver and cross my fingers.

-- 
Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle <leonardof at gnome.org>