Sandy Bridge

[Glen Strom]

On Wed, 05 Sep 2012 05:03:19 +0100
Slack Rat <torfree-GANU6spQydw at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Does anyone now whether any slackware distributions have support for
> the Intel Sandy Bridge Integrated Graphics controller
> 
> I just purchased an Acer Aspire V5-5 computer which is equipped with
> that chipset.
> 
> Linux, apart from X, works perfectly but it is impossible to startx
> 
> Thanks in advance.

According to what I've read, Slackware 14 has gcc-4.7.1, which supports
Sandy Bridge. Slack 14 is at RC4 and should be out within a few weeks.

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