[Intel-gfx] Intel graphics drivers for Linux

[Jani Nikula]

On Wed, 20 May 2015, "Carlson, Benjamin P." <bpcarlson at ou.edu> wrote:
> I have GIGABYTE motherboard with an integrated Intel display interface
> (Intel G33/31 Express Chipset, chiptype: Intel GMA 3100) and have
> never been able to get it to work properly with Linux (my system is
> dual boot and MS Windows has always identified it and loaded drivers
> just fine).

What does "properly" mean for you? Do you get some (broken) graphics, or
nothing at all? What display do you have? Please be more specific.

> I am running CentOS 6.6, kernal 2.6.32-504.16.2.el6.x86_64 I have
> downloaded the file: xf86-video-intel-2.14.0.tar from your web site
> but I do not know if this is the file I need or how to install it. I
> am not updating my Linux as I use it for PhD research in CS at OU and
> it works fine as is (other than the graphics problems, of course). Can
> you help? Thanks

Please try some fresh distro installer or live media on USB/CD; no need
to actually install anything, just see if graphics work there.

BR,
Jani.


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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center