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Installing Intel GMA 950 video card in Fedora Core 5 running on Lenovo X60s
- I have a Lenovo/Thinkpad X60s with an integrated Intel GMA 950 graphics card running Fedora Core 5
- The screen keeps flickering under Linux (it does not under XP). I suspect the flickering is related to the video card driver.
- By default, Fedora Core 5 has a driver labeled "i810 -- Intel Integrated Graphics Chipset". However, this driver is not fully compatible with my Intel GMA 950 card.
How can I find & install the right driver for my video card? If it is not available, has anybody found a work-around / compatible driver?
I am a newbie, so I would appreciate as much detail in the answer as possible.
Thank you for any help!
Carsten
- The screen keeps flickering under Linux (it does not under XP). I suspect the flickering is related to the video card driver.
- By default, Fedora Core 5 has a driver labeled "i810 -- Intel Integrated Graphics Chipset". However, this driver is not fully compatible with my Intel GMA 950 card.
How can I find & install the right driver for my video card? If it is not available, has anybody found a work-around / compatible driver?
I am a newbie, so I would appreciate as much detail in the answer as possible.
Thank you for any help!
Carsten
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Thank you for the suggestion. This driver only appears to work for SuSE systems. The readme file that you referenced above, for example, only contains instructions for SuSE. What can I do with my Fedora Core 5 system?
I am not really sure if the rpm works on Fedora Core 5. I don't have a system with GMA950, I would think that you should be able to try installing it using the RPMs. If it fails go back to i810.
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