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I have recently upgraded to Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon 64bit and I keep getting a message on my screen at startup telling me that I have no video acceleration ...
I didn't have this problem with LM14.
How do I switch on Video Acceleration?
My graphics is Intel GMA HD series.
It looks like you're using the i915 driver. Is that correct? Can you post the output of this command.
Code:
dmesg |grep drm
Aside from the message at bootup telling you that you have no video acceleration, are there any other symptoms? Any programs that don't run properly?
jdk
Right below your excellent tagline about the magician place the following:
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
jdk
HaHaHa! you have a point. However, normally error messages require investigation and I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem since moving to LM15 Cinnamon???
The message on the screen says, "Running in software rendering mode".
The whole message says, " Cinnamon is currently running without video hardware acceleration and, as a result, you may observe much higher than normal CPU usage.
There could be a problem with your drivers or some other issue. For the best experience, it is recommended that you only use this mode for troubleshooting purposes."
Incidentally, the gaming test ran perfectly although I wasn't quite sure what it was supposed to do
gael
Last edited by gael33; 06-10-2013 at 03:09 PM.
Reason: update
I think it just tests the video acceleration. If it looks normal then I guess it passes the test. If Mint is constantly whinging for no good reason, switch to Debian or at least LMDE.
jdk
I think it just tests the video acceleration. If it looks normal then I guess it passes the test. If Mint is constantly whinging for no good reason, switch to Debian or at least LMDE.
jdk
Your not going to believe this ... I installed another desktop environment, in this case XFCE as it's fairly lightweight, and the "Message" problem disappeared. I switched back to Cinnamon and the "Message" no longer appears ... Talk about weird
Distribution: Ubuntu Linux 16.04, Debian 10, LineageOS 14.1
Posts: 1,572
Rep:
The two commands I use to test for video acceleration are:
Code:
glxinfo | grep direct
Code:
glxgears
The second one shows gears spinning, and gives your FPS reading. It's stopped by pressing "q". If the FPS reading is lower than it should be, then there's a problem. Try it on Mint, and then on another distro (IE, run by Live CD) and see if there's a difference. If not, then there is no problem (though, from the sound of it, it seems you've solved the problem anyway, so good!)
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