Recently I installed Mint Linux 15 (Olivia) 32 bit on my friends netbook. I am copy pasting the output of sudo lspci -vk00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D2xxx/N2xxx DRAM Controller (rev 03)Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 061fFlags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 000:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D2xxx/N2xxx Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 061fFlags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 46Memory at 86000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]I/O ports at 50d0 [size=8]Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2Capabilities: [b0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=07 <?>Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-Kernel driver in use: gma500So the problem is whenever I try to boot into the system it pops out a notification (not the exact words)Running in software rendering mode. No Hardware acceleration.I have searched the Mint Linux forum and found [this thread] (http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=135578&p=727654), but it did not help much. I am also attaching the output of inxi -FxzKernel: 3.8.0-19-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.7.3)Desktop: GnomeDistro: Linux Mint 15 OliviaMachine:   System: Acer product: AOD270 version: V1.06Mobo: Acer model: JE01_CTBios: Insyde version: V1.06 date: 03/05/2012CPU:Dual core Intel Atom CPU N2600 (-HT-MCP-)cache: 512 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) bmips: 6383.8Clock Speeds: 1: 1600.00 MHz 2: 1600.00 MHz 3: 1600.00 MHz 4: 1600.00 MHzGraphics:Card: Intel Atom Processor D2xxx/N2xxxIntegrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0X.Org: 1.13.3 drivers: vesa (unloaded: fbdev)Resolution: 1024x600@60.0hzGLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.2, 128 bits)GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 9.1.1Direct Rendering: YesCan someone help me to solve this problem? The direct effect of disabled hardware video acceleration is that it is impossible to play video files and since the CPU is engaged with software acceleration, the system is damn too slow. I hope I have provided enough details regarding the issue and hardware configuration. Please let me know if you need further information.
Video acceleration disabled in Mint Linux 15 (Olivia) on an Intel Atom processor
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