Intel graphics driver and Ubuntu 11.10

[am577]

I installed 11.10 on an HP laptop (G6-1257sa, i3-2330M cpu, HD Graphics). It didn't automatically install the proper Intel graphics driver, so I used these commands (as noted in this forum):
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:glasen/intel-driver
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic-lts-backport-oneiric linux-headers-generic-lts-backport-oneiric
The last command got:
E: Unable to locate package linux-image-generic-lts-backport-oneiric
E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-generic-lts-backport-oneiric
and it doesn't seem to have installed the proper driver - it is still using the VESA driver.
What did I get wrong ?
AM

[jerrrys]

sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic-lts-backport-oneiric linux-headers-generic-lts-backport-oneiric

is wrong and needs to be replaced with maybe:

sudo apt-get install glasen/intel-driver

or maybe

sudo apt-get install glasen

I do not use this driver so I am not sure of its proper name.

[meijer.o]

Dear am577,

I would think that your computer is supported and that the graphic driver works fine

Why do you think that you have to install it? It is a kernel module named i915

Please open a terminal and post the output of the command

lsmod | grep i915

If the outcome is like:
i915 461598 3
drm_kms_helper 42261 1 i915
drm 241390 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 13368 1 i915
video 19280 1 i915

then the driver is loaded

Best regards,
Otto

[sourav7865]

HOw do i install Intel Media accelerator driver for Intel core i5 processor
please help

[snafu_az]

I'm having a similar problem. I have to use NOMODESET in grub for it to load up and then it only loads the VESA driver. If I don't use NOMODESET the screen just cycles through colors, blue, yellow, green etc, over and over.

I have been searching for a couple weeks now trying differnt configs and can't get it to work correctly. With NOMODESET it loads the VESA driver and limits me to 1280x1024. I have a full HD screen 1920x1080. Works great in W7 but I hate W7.

[homeyclaus]

If you look at the PPA authors' web page it states that the modes you're using are no longer supported. https://launchpad.net/~glasen/+archi...filter=oneiric

Warning :

Version 2.15 and 2.17 of the Intel-driver only support KMS. If you've deactivated KMS e.g. by adding the option "i915.modeset=0" to the file "/etc/default/grub", please reactivate KMS by deleting this option.

Remove them from your /etc/default/grub file, (or just press 'e' when you boot to try it once) and see if the stock drivers work.

[snafu_az]

Removing NOMODESET doesn't work for me. All I get is a screen of white then red, green, blue, black and then it starts over again.

That's all it does.

The only thing that caught my eye in Xorg.0.log is ...


[ 11.328] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 has no monitor section
[ 11.968] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI1 has no monitor section
[ 12.016] (II) intel(0): Output DP1 has no monitor section
[ 12.656] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI2 has no monitor section
[ 12.704] (II) intel(0): Output DP2 has no monitor section
[ 12.704] (II) intel(0): EDID for output VGA1
[ 13.344] (II) intel(0): EDID for output HDMI1
[ 13.392] (II) intel(0): EDID for output DP1
[ 14.032] (II) intel(0): EDID for output HDMI2
[ 14.080] (II) intel(0): EDID for output DP2
[ 14.080] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 disconnected
[ 14.080] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI1 disconnected
[ 14.080] (II) intel(0): Output DP1 disconnected
[ 14.080] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI2 disconnected
[ 14.080] (II) intel(0): Output DP2 disconnected
[ 14.080] (WW) intel(0): No outputs definitely connected, trying again...
[ 14.080] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 disconnected
[ 14.080] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI1 disconnected
[ 14.080] (II) intel(0): Output DP1 disconnected
[ 14.080] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI2 disconnected
[ 14.080] (II) intel(0): Output DP2 disconnected
[ 14.080] (WW) intel(0): Unable to find connected outputs - setting 1024x768 initial framebuffer

[homeyclaus]

Can you post the output of 'cat /proc/cmdline'?

And also, is your system one of those dual mode systems with a discrete graphics chip as well as the intel one?

[snafu_az]

Here's /proc/cmdline:

BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-14-generic root=UUID=6111843e-87e0-4e37-bffd-2819b75953f8 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 nomodeset

As far as I can tell it only has the intel integrated HD graphics. It's an all-in-one called the touchsmart 610.

[homeyclaus]

Here's /proc/cmdline:

BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-14-generic root=UUID=6111843e-87e0-4e37-bffd-2819b75953f8 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 nomodeset

As far as I can tell it only has the intel integrated HD graphics. It's an all-in-one called the touchsmart 610.

At the grub command line, try replacing the nomodeset with i915.semaphores=1