[Intel-gfx] Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS with Intel Corporation Sky Lake Integrated Graphics (rev 06)

[Jani Nikula]

On Mon, 20 Feb 2017, Eric Johansson <eric.johansson at hush.com> wrote:
> On 2/20/2017 at 8:41 AM, "Jani Nikula" <jani.nikula at linux.intel.com> wrote:
>>
>>On Fri, 17 Feb 2017, Eric Johansson <eric.johansson at hush.com> 
>>wrote:
>>> On 2/17/2017 at 2:30 PM, "Jani Nikula" <jani.nikula at linux.intel.com> wrote:
>>>>Relevant bug report 
>>>>https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97822
>>>
>>Depending on how much you've tweaked the installed system and what 
>>your experience with installing boot loaders is, it might be easier to 
>>just reinstall the system. Typically you should boot the install media 
>>with the boot method you're going to use.
>
> Thanks alot! Switching to UEFI mode did make the graphic work, fantastic!

I'm no alot [1], but glad it worked for you!

> What I don't understand is how the graphics could work for Windows
> (which was preinstalled on the computer). Shouldn't the bug in BIOS
> mode / Legacy Support affect Windows as much as it affects Linux,
> right?

I'm surprised if Windows was not installed in UEFI mode. But it's
possible we do something slightly different from Windows, and we could
fix this in BIOS mode too, but it seems like a rather rare case.

BR,
Jani.


[1] http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.de/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center