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

[Sean DALY]

FWIW, Apple announced in May an iMac EFI firmware upgrade with
improved support for ATI Radeon HD 4850 video:
http://support.apple.com/downloads/_iMac_EFI_Firmware_Update_1_4

Sean


On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Caroline Meeks<solutiongrove at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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