Accelerated graphics on ASUS EB1030

What is the output of:

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Atom Processor D2xxx/N2xxx Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 09
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=gma500 latency=0
       resources: irq:45 memory:dfc00000-dfcfffff ioport:f0d0(size=8)
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 13.04
Release: 13.04
Codename: raring
Linux guest 3.8.0-19-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 17 18:19:42 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

The only way I have seen those work is with an xorg.conf file. Have you contacted the seller to see what steps they took to make it work ok?

Which release was installed on the system before the reinstall?

Quite disappointed, to say the least. The manufacturer is ASUS: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BP0HV1U/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The device is supposed to be "Enabled for Ubuntu". http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/hardware/201210-11935/

I thought that meant that at least it was compatible with linux, if not high-powered.

The system was originally running 32bit Ubuntu 12.04.

Do you have a contact email address for ASUS that I could use to get some information? I frankly don't want to hold on for potentially hours for their phone support.

If you run 12.04 is it ok? Raring is only supported til January 2014.

It's significantly better. But the frame rate still isn't enough to do xbmc (which is what I bought the system for). Thought Intel HD Graphics should be able to decode 1080p. :-(

I'll reinstall 12.04 now and give extra information, if needed.

Thank you. Let's considered this solved (for now).

Just as an informational comment for others that may have this hardware:

I plan to install ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386.iso from the middle of: http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/ . During installation I will make sure to *not* install updates from the internet.

I then will open a terminal and do "sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-lts-precise && sudo apt-get purge xserver-xorg-lts-quantal xserver-xorg-lts-raring linux-generic-lts-quantal linux-generic-lts-raring" to make sure I stay on the correct X stack, as mentioned in comments 9 and 50 of: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cedarview-drm-drivers/+bug/1132584 . After that, updates shouldn't break anything.

If that doesn't work, I'll try comment 23 from that same thread.

Thanks Daniel Letzeisen, that solved my question.