[Sugar-devel] Getting Sugar to run on certain mac chipsets

[Caroline Meeks]

This is a great discussion.  Thanks,

What are the next steps in figuring this out?

Is there something I can file a ticket on?

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 1:44 AM, Bobby Powers <bobbypowers at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 1:18 AM, Amir Ansari<amir at open-edu.co.uk> wrote:
> > But the problem is that 'modeset' works with other machines and takes
> > advantage of a very useful kernel feature. Adding a blanket
> > 'nomodeset' removes this feature - it allows Mac booting, but to the
> > detriment of all other hardware.
>
> I wouldn't say all other hardware.  Intel graphics are the only one in
> mainline as of 2.6.30 that take advantage of modesetting, and
> hopefully Fedora's ATI modesetting will be accepted into the mainline
> for .31.  At this point (things may be different in a year or two),
> kernel modesetting doesn't add much performance wise.
>
> bobby
>
> > Ideally, there should be a way to detect whether it's needed and boot
> > accordingly. Hence the initrd notion (which would be complex, and I
> > don't know of it working on any other distro), or the simple addition
> > of a boot menu option.
> >
> > I don't think it's a Fedora bug, this is something for the kernel
> > mailing list... ;-)
> >
> >
> > On 19 Jun 2009, at 01:32, Martin Dengler wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 09:23:38AM -0400, Caroline Meeks wrote:
> >>> Is there a way we can modify SoaS so that mac users don't have to
> >>> [add "nomodeset" to the kernel command line] but it still works for
> >>> everyone?
> >>
> >> Yes (SoaS could put nomodeset in its kernel command line).
> >>
> >> Also you/we/"someone" should file a Fedora bug if there isn't one
> >> already.
> >>
> >> Martin
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