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ubuntu 10.04 how to remove vesa driver

Hello All,
i have problem to run compiz and found the issue with (Vesa) driver.
the same laptop when running Ubuntu 10.04 (32-bit) it use (Intel) driver thus it work fine, however when i use ubuntu 10.04 (64bit) it use vesa dirver
and compiz does not work.

could any one help to unload the "vesa" driver and load the right driver intel.

Quote:

*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 09
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:f0000000-f03fffff memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:5000(size=64)

Quote:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0116] (rev 09)

Working system:

Quote:

Gathering information about your system...
Distribution: Ubuntu 10.04
Desktop environment: GNOME
Graphics chip: Intel Corporation Device 0116 (rev 09)
Driver in use: intel
Rendering method: AIGLX

Non-working system:

Quote:

Gathering information about your system...
Distribution: Ubuntu 10.04
Desktop environment: GNOME
Graphics chip: Intel Corporation Device 0116 (rev 09)
Driver in use: vesa
Rendering method: AIGLX

thanks alot friend for any help

Linux833

Why don't you just remove vesa?

Code:

sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-vesa // or whatever the package name is

Alternatively, you can blacklist it.

Code:

echo "blacklist vesa" > /etc/modprobe.d/vesa.conf

Alex Brinister

Check your GRUB boot options that you are not forcing VESA is a good place to start:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions

Quote:

Originally Posted by snowpine (Post 4765443)

Check your GRUB boot options that you are not forcing VESA is a good place to start:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions

Hello snowpine and abrinister,

thanks alot for taking time to help me and help others.

actually you will be unable to remove or unload the vesa driver even if you block it from module black list or remove the xserver-vesa from sypantic manager if your driver is (intel), what i did is just install the latest intel driver:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:glasen/intel-driver
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

reference:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/4658/...2-855gm-driver

it's almost 4 days looking for this solution.

Quote:

Gathering information about your system...

Distribution: Ubuntu 10.04
Desktop environment: GNOME
Graphics chip: Intel Corporation Device 0116 (rev 09)
Driver in use: intel
Rendering method: AIGLX

Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system...

Checking for texture_from_pixmap... [ OK ]
Checking for non power of two support... [ OK ]
Checking for composite extension... [ OK ]
Checking for FBConfig... [ OK ]
Checking for hardware/setup problems... [ OK ]

again thanks for your help and support.

linux83