11/4/2019 Intel Graphics Driver For Linux
2013 Intel Core Processor Family; 2012 Intel Core Processor Family; 2011 Intel Core Processor Family; 2010 Intel Core Processor Family; Intel® G45 Express Chipset; Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family and Intel® G35 Express Chipset Graphics Controller PRM; Code Documentation. Linux Kernel GPU Driver Developer's Guide; Mesa's Source Code. A free and open-source graphics device driver is a software stack which controls computer-graphics hardware and supports graphics-rendering application programming interfaces (APIs) and is released under a free and open-source software license. Graphics device drivers are written for specific hardware to work within a specific operating system kernel and to support a range of APIs used.
Following the recent hype of Intel's Windows graphics driver introducing integer mode scaling support, their open-source Linux graphics driver is receiving similar treatment with nearest-neighbor integer scaling support.
The nearest-neighbor integer mode scaling support aims to provide better clarity to images when upscaled from say 1280 x 720 to 3840 x 2160 (or any other integer multiple of the original source image) compared to other scaling techniques. The integer scaling mode is particularly useful for pixel art video games that can otherwise lose their sharp edges when upscaled.
Those wanting to learn more about Intel's integer scaling support can do so via software.intel.com where they detail their Windows implementation and also provide some screenshots with/without integer scaling. Volleyed today by Intel's open-source graphics driver developers were the experimental patches for nearest-neighbor integer mode scaling support. With just over 130 lines of new code, the Intel i915 DRM Linux kernel driver is wired up to support this nearest-neighbor mode when the up-scaling ratio is an integer. Important to note, however, is that this integer scaling support is limited to Icelake 'Gen 11' graphics and newer. It's too late for these Linux patches to land for the upcoming Linux 5.4 merge window but puts it as an exciting feature to look forward to by Intel Linux gamers likely with the 5.5 kernel that will be coming in early 2020.
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Can someone help me out and explain or point me in the right direction on how to check video drivers and see if my video card running okay?
I had 10.04 installed on my Thinkpad r61 with Compiz Manager and life was great, until the machine took water damage. I bought an ASUS (X54H) since and am trying out 12.04, but the desktop just doesn't look right.
I always struggled with video driver installation. There are no proprietary drivers available in the hardware manager.
When I run
lspci | grep VGA :
I will greatly appreciate your help. I want to use Linux more, but like I said video drivers appear to be my biggest concern. I have also tried 12.04 on my desktop PC, but again failed to configure video card, so switched back to Windows 7.
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The Intel graphics driver is part of the
xserver-xorg-video-intel driver package, which is installed on all Ubuntu systems by default. And since it isn't a proprietary driver package, it doesn't show up in jockey (aka the Hardware Drivers application).
Just to ensure it didn't get removed by mistake (very slim possibility), just run this command:
If the driver is installed, and you're still having issues with graphics on your desktop, then please file a bug report against the xorg package, using this terminal command:
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Install mesa-utils, that might work.
it worked in my case.read this question posted by me
Intel Integrated Graphics Driver For Linux
before installing mesa-utils
after installing mesa-utils
mesa-utils is just not there in ubuntu 12.10.doesn't really matter.
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The Ubuntu Forums has a good description of how to install/update the Intel graphic driver in Ubuntu.
Extract of the pertinent part is as given below:
Ubuntu no longer uses xorg.config file. You will have to create this file in the next step and enter in values.
Create file
sudo -H gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and edit it
Save and close it. Restart your interface or just reboot you machine and go back to system settings - details - graphics and verify that your drivers are displayed.
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With Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Intel graphic processor I suggest the following
Some issues with Intel Graphic Processors and suggested remedies can be found here.
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I hope this helps someone, I actually was trying to load the MAME arcade emulator on my Lubuntu 15.10 and had to do the following since I got this error:
I tried every suggestion in this thread, which didn't seem to resolve the issue. I also did the following:
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tried the steps here:So, the rub (if your Google-fu takes you here directly) to get this to work (on Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10):
ALSO AFTER DOING THAT, I DID THIS:
Lubuntu System Menu [Bottom Left Corner] > Preferences > Additional Drivers Choose > Using Processor Microcode from Intel CPUs from intel-microcode [Proprietary]
INSTALLED THE OPTION ABOVE and NOW MY ERROR is gone!! I'm using a Dell Dimension 3000 which this worked/resolved issue.
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