Most of the data on this page has been provided by users, including (where necessary) suggestions on how to get the driver working well for their machine. These are ordered alphabetically by system vendor and model below. We welcome sharing your experiences, tips and tricks with other users. To add your experiences to this page, please send an email to ilg@linux.intel.com.

Vendors: Acer Apple BenQ Dell FujitsuSiemens Gigabyte HP IBM/Lenovo Kohjinsha Panasonic Samsung Sony Toshiba

Acer

Type	Model	Chipset	Distribution	Comments
Laptop	Aspire 3690	945GM	a.) SUSE 10.1 b.) openSUSE 10.2	a.) Works out of the box. b.) Works using 915resolution. Settings up well described on openSUSE.org. In abbreviation: - as root run: # insserv boot.videobios - in "/etc/sysconfig/videobios" set: VIDEOBIOS_PATCH="yes" VIDEOBIOS_PARAMETERS="3c 1280 800 24" * Works fine with Beryl@XGL.
Laptop	TravelMate 4101 WNLCi	915GM	Ubuntu 6.10	No problem with using 915resolution

Apple

Type	Model	Chipset	Distribution	Comments
Desktop	Mac Mini (based on Intel® Core™ Duo)	945G	Debian	Doesn't work with current release drivers - support is included in the mode setting branch of the X.org git tree. The development team expects to merge this code into the main release in the near future.
Desktop	Mac Mini (based on Intel® Core™ Duo)	945G	Gentoo	The 945G graphics is not supported by the default (stable) version of X driver - the testing version is needed. The graphics worked very well for me, including OpenGL. However, OpenGL does not work with rotated (portrait) screen.

BenQ

Type	Model	Chipset	Distribution	Comments
Laptop	Joybook S61	GMA 950	Ubuntu Dapper	It started up after installation with the correct screen resolution and direct rendering enabled. Dual head works but no OpenGL on the second display. Another issue is strange lines after starting up from suspend/hibernate.

Dell

Type	Model	Chipset	Distribution	Comments
Desktop	Dimension B110	865G	OpenSuSE 10.1	Works out of the box
Laptop	e1405/640m	945GM	Ubuntu 6.06.1	Worked perfectly. Agpgart not needed. 915resolution package was installed previously and no modifications were needed. drm->mesa->xf86
Laptop	e1505	945GM	Fedora Core 6	Automatic configuration during install selected i810 drivers and it appears to be functioning properly. GLX works fine. Slow glxgears readings. Updated Video bios using 915 resolution to get 1680x1050 for the lcd
Laptop	Inspiron 9400	945GM	Debian sid (unstable)	You need to install package 915resolution and configure /etc/default/915resolution with parameters MODE=3c, XRESO=1440, YRESO=900
Laptop	Latitude D505	855GM	Fedora Core 4	The Dell BIOS doesn't provide support for the 1400x1050 resolution of this machine, so to get the video to work correctly, the 915resolution tool needs to be used. I have put the following into /etc/rc.local and with this, the native video resolution of my laptop was supported perfectly: /usr/bin/915resolution 3c 1400 1050
Laptop	Latitude D820	945GM	OpenSuSE 10.2	Works out of the box
Desktop	Inspiron 1100	845G	Ubuntu 7.04	Need to reconfigure with "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg", this error corrected in the upcoming release (7.10). Only the i810 driver works, only with 16bit mode because in 24bit mode the banding of gradients and false colours make this chipset unusable for graphical works. With xorg's intel module only blank screen the result.
Laptop	Inspiron 1300	915GM	Gentoo ~x86	Works with the latest xf86-video-i810 (4/25/2007) and xserver packages, no 915resolution needed with latest drivers.
Laptop	Inspiron 6400	945GM	Fedora 8	All supported resolutions work out of the box without 915resolution. OpenGL performance: 105FPS in full-window 1680x1050 glxgears.
Laptop	Latitude D620	945GM	Debian Etch r3 + XFCE4, Ubuntu 7.10	Works out of the box; perfectly. Excellent support by the community, and Intel.

FujitsuSiemens

Type	Model	Chipset	Distribution	Comments
Laptop	Amilo Si1510	945GM	Ubuntu 7.04 FeistyFawn	the Upcoming Releae (currently in developement) provides actual 2.0-drivers that also works out-of-the-box in FeistyFawn. 915resolution - Package was installed before (i used i810 before).
Laptop	Pi1505	950GMA	Ubuntu Edgy Eft	Works out of the box for acceleration, have to install package: "915resolution" and restart X to get widescreen-mode activated.

Gigabyte

Type	Model	Chipset	Distribution	Comments
Desktop	GA-965G-DS3	965G	Debian	In the BIOS settings, enter the page for "PC Health Status" and set "CPU Fan Control" to "legacy". If it is set to "INTEL (R) QST" then BIOS uses too many memory-type-and-range registers (MTRRs) and doesn't leave enough of them for X, and 3D performance will be about 1/5 normal.

HP

Type	Model	Chipset	Distribution	Comments
Desktop	D530	865G	Debian	Works with X driver i810, 1280x1024x24bpp
Laptop	2400	945G	Debian	Works out of the box
Laptop	6320	945G	Debian	Works out of the box
Laptop	Compaq nc6120	915GM	Fedora Core 6	Works out of the box
Laptop	Compaq Presario V2000T	945GM	Fedora Core 5	Need to update to latest xorg-x11-drv-i810 after install 1.4.1.3 (not working) => 1.6.0 (working) Install 915resolution from fedora-extras repo for 1280x760 lcd resolution, uncomment 1280x768 line in /etc/sysconfig/915resolution
Laptop	Pavillion DV6365us	945GM	Slackware 12.0	Work Perfectly, only need to configure xorg.conf to use i810 driver and 1280 x 800 video resolution. Work with no problem.
Laptop	Pavillion DV6365us	945GM	Debian Etch 4.0 RC0	Need to install package 915resolution and configure /etc/default/915resolution with parameters MODE=38, XRESO=1280, YRESO=800 set on xorg.conf Option "ForceBIOS" "1024x768=1280x800" at Section "Device"
Laptop	Pavillion DV6520ea	GM965	Gentoo	Runs fine out of the box. No special configuration needed. See http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Gentoo_on_HP_Pavillion_dv6520ea
Laptop		855GM	Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy)	Resolution was handled fine. Some issues with OpenGL apps, but unsure if that is from the card or the driver. Major problem is that TV-Out seems to be missing. xrandr does not even seem to notice that I have an S-Video port, however, the VGA output works fine. CompizFusion works for the most part, except for some of the animation effects (I know things like fire do not work).
Laptop	530	945GM	Debian Etch/Lenny/Sid	Works with xorg-xserver-video-intel without 915-resolution.
Laptop	7010EG	GM965	Mandriva 2008	It just works fine out of the box, 3D and everything; though, sometimes, when running 3D applications X server crashes dumping the following line in the log: "[drm:i915_wait_irq] *ERROR* i915_wait_irq: EBUSY -- rec: 8029629 emitted: 8030262".

IBM/Lenovo

Type	Model	Chipset	Distribution	Comments
Laptop	T42		SLED 10	Works out of the box
Laptop	Thinkpad T60 (1951-C2U)	945GM	Ubuntu 6.06	Works out of the box
Laptop	Thinkpad X60	945GM	SLED 10.1 (OpenSuSE 10.1 as well)	Works out of the box, with full XGL integrated as well
Laptop	Thinkpad R52	915GM	Debian	Works out of the box
Laptop	Thinkpad T60	945GM	Debian lenny	Works out of the box
Laptop	Lenovo 3000 N100	945GM	Crux 2.3	"i810" driver works with 915resolution. Latest "intel" driver fixes this and 915resolution is not needed. (xf86-video-intel-2.0.0.tar.bz2) SDL applications in fullscreen causes display corruption and machine locks up
Laptop	Lenovo 3000 N200	GM965	Debian lenny and Sid (32bit and 64bit)	Works out of the box, but with some problems (see http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14794). The performance is lower than in Windows (tested Vista x64, application Phun - http://phun.cs.umu.se/wiki , also in Linux, Morrowind under Wine is unplayable, under Windows, it seems to be playable - but I'm not sure wheter this is driver and not Wine issue).

Kohjinsha

Type	Model	Chipset	Distribution	Comments
Laptop	SH-series	945GM	Debian	Works out of the box in sid (as of Dec. 2007). Works with 915resolution in etch.

Panasonic

Type	Model	Chipset	Distribution	Comments
Laptop	R4	915GMS	Debian	Works out of the box
Laptop	Toughbook CF-52	GM965	Fedora 8	Works out of the box
Laptop	Toughbook CF-52	GM965	KUbuntu 7.10	requires "xrandr --output TV --off"

Samsung

Type	Model	Chipset	Distribution	Comments
Laptop	X20 1730V	915GM	Ubuntu 6.06 and Slackware 10.1	Works with 915resolution (/usr/bin/915resolution 3c 1400 1050) TV-Out: NO Clone: Yes with limitations, external clock sometimes too high for external monitors

Sony

Type	Model	Chipset	Distribution	Comments
Laptop	Vaio SZ2HP/B	945GMA	SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10	Works out-of-box. XGL with Compiz runs perfectly.
Laptop	Vaio R600HFP	i830M	Gentoo	Tested with 1.4 to 2.1.1, works very well and stable. Even Compiz-Fusion/Aiglx runs good. Just some problems with opened opengl-windows (like glxgears) and moving the cube. The opengl-window stays where it has been opened, and doesnt move with the cube. The framebuffer works only with vesafb. If I use vesafb-tng, I am not able to switch between a console and the x-server.

Toshiba

Type	Model	Chipset	Distribution	Comments
Laptop	Satellite Pro M100	945Gm integrated graphics	Ubuntu 6.06 TLS	Output to DFP: works out of box Output to external CRT: works out of box Tv-out: Works, with the limitation of no Xv overlapping, (that is, no dual head Xv), and low resolution (if the Xv works for TV-out) at 640x480 (may cause by some CRT out put code bugs), TV0out and LFP can not be displayed in the same pipeline (cofiguration Option "MonitorLayout" NONE, TV+LFP" does not work) DRI: works out of box , but no dual head support glxgears score:(not benchmarking, just taken as a reference): 1248 fps
Laptop	Satellite Pro L20-102	i915GM	Arch Linux 0.7.2	Worked perfectly. TV-Out: YES ( without PAL ) Clone: Yes with limitations, external clock sometimes too high for external monitors