[ubuntu-studio-devel] kernel vs DE WAS:Re: Feature Spec discussion: ubuntustudio-desktop

[Kaj Ailomaa]

On Sun, May 18, 2014, at 07:59 PM, lukefromdc at hushmail.com wrote:
> Watch out for rt-kernel issues with 3d desktops. When I was trying to
> develop a 
> metapackage for Cinnamon against Saucy, I had issues with some rt kernel 
> versions being unable to run the 3d desktop. I would expect similar
> issues both
> with Unity and with Gnome.
> 
> The work I was doing was seriously hampered by the fact that my own
> install 
> upon which it was based has diverged so far from anyone's default
> install.
> If you want to support GNOME and Unity, watch out for rt-kernel bugs
> affecting
> at least the radeon/r600g video driver. I don't know if those made it
> into 
> Saucy's released kernel, but those were what made me throw in the towel.
> 

Are you saying you had problems getting accelerated graphics to work?
I would believe free drivers always work, while non-free ones installed
from the repo may not build for a custom kernel, unless done manually -
but I suppose this was not your problem.