[Intel-gfx] Intel graphics drivers for Linux

[Jani Nikula]

Please keep the intel-gfx list in Cc.

What about the live-cd or some such with a more recent driver stack? Or
just try a recent kernel. v2.6.32 is 5+ years old.

BR,
Jani.


On Thu, 21 May 2015, "Carlson, Benjamin P." <bpcarlson at ou.edu> wrote:
>    I only get the standard (old) VGA resolution options of 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480, which would be fine (I don't need real high resolution) if it were'nt for the fact that I have a newer, wide monitor so that the aspect ratio is not correct (everything looks to wide). Linux does not seem to identify the video card properly and is just loading the default driver.
> Windows does not have this problem and I have a plethora of resolution options.
>   Also, in Linux, it does one other very strange thing that I have never seen before (and I got my first computer, a TRS-80 Model III in 1981):
> If you select 640x480, set this resolution, then go back into display, it now lists other resolutions (the ones that I want).
> Now comes the strange part:
> If I then select one of these higher resolutions (above 1024x768), it states that this resolution is not compatible with my system, but it goes ahead and enable it (it works temporarily).
> At this point, if you reboot the system, Linux goes back to the default VGA resolutions and will not list the higher ones until, as before, you select 640x480!
> So, I still believe the root problem is the driver.
> Thanks for your assistance.
>
> Ben Carlson
> ________________________________________
> From: Jani Nikula [jani.nikula at linux.intel.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 2:40 AM
> To: Carlson, Benjamin P.; intel-gfx at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] Intel graphics drivers for Linux
>
> 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

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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center