Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 video controller (rev 03)
I have laptop with integrated Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 video controller (rev 03) and a distro of Mandriva powerpack 2008.0
can please say where to get sources (or binaries) and needed by them packages to install other drivers for my video card than i810. Thanx in advance and Sorry for my bad english |
In recent releases there is an X.org driver simply called "intel", replacing the old i810 driver. The easiest way is most likely to update your distribution to a more recent version, or even switch distros. Ubuntu 8.10 comes with the intel driver by default for example and it works like a charm for me on several different computers with Intel video hardware.
For more information, visit the site for Intel/Linux graphics. |
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But will I be able to install the drivers given on the intellinuxgraphics.org without upgrading and switching distro?
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FYI, you can get support for recent hardware by updating kernel.
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From the website:
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Sorry but I do not understand what means a word 'from scratch' (I think that means a hand-works and compiling manually).
But I have only an i810 built-in kernel module and I want to have a driver from intel specifically for my video card but not a generic driver. |
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So, there are three options for you. 1) Updating your kernel to the latest one (it comes with built-in intel modules). 2) Upgrading your distro or 3) Trying any current Live CD or USB distros.
If you can run--for example--'modinfo i915' then you have support for your graphic card. Code:
sabayon ~ # modinfo i915 Code:
[ 0.424925] intelfb: Framebuffer driver for Intel(R) 830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G/915G/915GM/945G/945GM/965G/965GM chipsets |
But I have such an outputs
[root@sergeyk sergy]# dmesg | grep 915 [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20060119 on minor 0 [root@sergeyk sergy]# dmesg | grep 965 agpgart: Detected an Intel 965GM Chipset. And 'dmesg | grep intelfb' gives nothing |
modinfo i915 gives me following
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.22.9-laptop-1mdv/kernel/drivers/char/drm/i915.ko.gz license: GPL and additional rights description: Intel Graphics author: Tungsten Graphics, Inc. depends: drm vermagic: 2.6.22.9-laptop-1mdv SMP mod_unload 686 |
If you check the kernel config 'cat config | grep -i fb' it lists:
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CONFIG_FB_VESA=y |
And where is this config file?
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