New GMA 500 Poulsbo drivers for the Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

There is no need to use 9.04 Ubuntu’s drivers now on the Karmic Koala as there are new GMA 500 drivers for the Karmic Koala. Just add the following repositories to the sources (System>Administration>software sources>”Other Software”)

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/lucazade/gma500/ubuntu/ karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/lucazade/gma500/ubuntu/ karmic main

..and then install psb-kernel sources and psb-kernel headers using the following commands:

sudo apt-get install psb-kernel-source

sudo apt-get install psb-kernel-headers

sudo apt-get install psb-modules

Reboot.

Note: You can reboot using sudo reboot in the terminal

Credit: Akhil Babel (via email)

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/lucazade/gma500/ubuntu/ karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/lucazade/gma500/ubuntu/ karmic main

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23 Responses to “New GMA 500 Poulsbo drivers for the Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala”

1. deduran says:

   November 3, 2009 at 7:35 am

   Hi, this description is to solve the problem with the GMA 500 into ubuntu? When I try to apply it (I have got a AO751H netbook)
   I followed all steps, but this message appears me when I try to install the psb-kernel-source:

   manzanito@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt–get install psb-kernel-source
   [sudo] password for manzanito:
   sudo: apt–get: command not found

   I added the two repositories that you indicate. Others installations work fine,
   Could you please help me?
2. daPhyre says:

   November 3, 2009 at 10:48 am

   Just 2 things: where you put “sudo apt–get install psb-kernel-source”, the ‘-’ is a wrong one (That’s why deduran had an error, and many more might have it).

   Second. I did everything without problems, but my problem has not been solved. Did I missed something? :S
3. Thus0 says:

   November 3, 2009 at 11:47 am

   Could you post your xorg.conf ? I’ve installed the poulsbo driver as you said but I cannot make them work.

   Thanks :)
4. Kamal DS says:

   November 3, 2009 at 1:35 pm

   Copy and paste them now. The post has been updated with the latest commands
5. mangoo says:

   November 3, 2009 at 2:48 pm

   Too bad psb-modules contains modules for 2.6.31-10-generic; and Ubuntu 9.10 will want to install 2.6.31-14-generic kernel.

   I can’t even find 2.6.31-10-generic kernel anymore.
6. LL says:

   November 4, 2009 at 10:49 am

   I see your post is from Oct 30. Are you saying to follow your simpler instructions and not use the longer instructions on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo ?
7. zack says:

   November 5, 2009 at 5:16 am

   Hello Everyone!
   I have Ubuntu Netbook for Acer Aspire 751!
   I managed to install it properly, it also really smooth for GMA 500 poulsbo!
   I know everyone at issues with it, as far as i am concern it does work properly for me, perfect resolution, and all video works better than under Win Xp…So i’m really happy!

   Here is what i did, only works for ubuntu 9.10:
   Open your terminal and then copy paste each of this!
   DO IT ONE BY ONE, then say yes when they ask for install it without verifying, it’s fine…It works for me so far…

   wget http://poulsbo-karmic.angelfire.com/...oulsbo1.tar.gz

   tar -zxvf
poulsbo1.tar.gz

   cd poulsbo1

   sudo ./install.pl

   reboot

   just type reboot in the terminal, that’s it, enjoy guys
8. Kamal DS says:

   November 5, 2009 at 5:55 am

   Zack, please check the url specified in the wget command
9. bazypv says:

   November 5, 2009 at 3:22 pm

   See URL http://poulsbo-karmic.angelfire.com/ for detail :-D.
10. vale says:

    November 6, 2009 at 6:22 pm

    Did exactly what mentioned on http://poulsbo-karmic.angelfire.com/ on a Vario VGN-P11Z with latest Ubuntu 9.10 default install.
    + sudo apt-get update
    + sudo apt-get upgrade

    X-Server does not start, Screen is flashing, any hints?
11. vale says:

    November 6, 2009 at 6:39 pm

    Gotscha, works,

    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo

    If you have a Vaio-P or if you are experiencing extremely slow performance (less than 14 fps running “/usr/bin/xscreensaver/glblur -fps -window”) add “mem=2000mb” to /etc/default/grub, at the end of GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT

    glxgears now reports 1400fps instead of 95.

    ;-)
12. Mark says:

    November 6, 2009 at 9:00 pm

    I got the flashing screen. Will you give more details about where to put mem=2000mb
13. Mark says:

    November 9, 2009 at 9:13 pm

    everything working ok. Thank you all
14. Dan says:

    November 11, 2009 at 2:42 am

    Thanks a lot!!!

    mine is Acer Aspire one. Thanks bazypv, I followed the suggested link; and YES, my Xubuntu is shining, perfect resolution
    … 1366 / 768

    Karmic is awesome

    Dan
15. Woolly Mittens says:

    November 17, 2009 at 4:56 am

    Thanks bazypv that script did the trick. Awesome!
16. Stephan says:

    November 19, 2009 at 5:10 am

    I have a Dell Mini 10 netbook with a GMA 500. After doing this I get the ‘flashing screen’.
    Changing grub2-settings does not change the situation (I changed the mem to “mem=940mb” because it is a 1G RAM-machine)

    Anybody idea what can be fixed here? I tried solution of top blog-text, after that tried the install.sh from the post above…
17. John says:

    December 12, 2009 at 3:07 pm

    I hope someone can help a real linux new guy. I installed the drivers on my sony vaio p per the angelfire link instructions.
    however, same problem, xserver won’t start and just flashing screen.
    Vale said:
    Gotscha, works,

    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo

    If you have a Vaio-P or if you are experiencing extremely slow performance (less than 14 fps running “/usr/bin/xscreensaver/glblur -fps -window”) add “mem=2000mb” to /etc/default/grub, at the end of GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT

    glxgears now reports 1400fps instead of 95.

    Can someone tell me how to go about doing this? I don’t know how or where to “add ‘mem-2000mb” etc.
    Thanks in advance. I really appreciate the help.
18. fakhri says:

    December 16, 2009 at 9:24 am

    someone please help me!! I can’t type my password in tttthe terminal help!!
19. Kamal DS says:

    December 16, 2009 at 9:28 am

    Which method did you use? The one i mentioned or the one your given in the comments?

    Note: you can still recover from the flashing screen. It’s easy. Just do a google about it
20. MRiutort says:

    January 19, 2010 at 10:42 pm

    Hi:

    I run this poulsbo1 setup on my Acer Aspire One 11.6″ without a problem, but after a new Ubuntu 9.10 new kernel update I lost my normal functionality. I found no way to correct the problem. I guess I can run again the poulsbo1 setup, but not works. The system return a incomplete istallation erro code 2 telling me that the /usb/src/psb-kernel-source-4.41.2 is not found.

    I am actually running the computer in low screen resolution, which is not exactly low, just 1024 x 768 and not the correct one, but I can not find a way to fix this.

    Any help is welcome.
21. Jakob Luttrull says:

    January 22, 2010 at 2:56 am

    Go to the ubuntu hardware wiki, you have to re-link to the kernel in order to get it to work again.
22. pmlxuser says:

    January 29, 2010 at 5:52 pm

    @ MRiutort says:
    January 19, 2010 at 10:42 pm

    just do

    $sudo apt-get purge psb-kernel-source

    Then run poulsbo1 again
23. Rafael says:

    February 5, 2010 at 6:27 pm

    I followed the procedure for my Acer Aspire One AO751h and it works fine! Resolution is now at 1366×768 in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala.