2 rpms, which video driver?
I'm running FC5 on a Dell Optiplex GX180. Window dragging produces a kind of trippy trails.
I thought I should try installing a new video driver. So I downloaded a rpm from Intel's archives and installed it. Now it seems that I have two rpms and maybe two modules (drivers) installed. How do I know which module/driver is active? If only one is active, should I remove the inactive's rpm? And if so, how do I know which rpm corresponds to the inactive module/driver? Here is some background output. [jsteffer@granite X11]$ uname -a Linux granite.steffer.com 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 #1 Tue Mar 14 15:48:33 EST 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [jsteffer@granite X11]$ rpm -qa | grep i810 xorg-x11-drv-i810-1.4.1.3-3.1 XFCom_i810-1.2-3 [jsteffer@granite X11]$ > less /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "i810" VendorName "Videocard vendor" BoardName "Intel Corporation 82815 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]" EndSection [jsteffer@granite X11]$ lsmod | grep 810 i2c_i810 5317 0 i2c_algo_bit 8393 1 i2c_i810 [jsteffer@granite X11]$ thanks in advance for any help you can provide. Even a pointer to a tutorial about how rpms, modules, drivers work would be appreciated. John |
2 rpms, video drivers
Here's some more output.
[jsteffer@granite X11]$ modprobe -c | grep i810 blacklist i810fb alias pci:v00008086d00007121sv*sd*bc*sc*i* i2c-i810 alias pci:v00008086d00007123sv*sd*bc*sc*i* i2c-i810 alias pci:v00008086d00007125sv*sd*bc*sc*i* i2c-i810 alias pci:v00008086d00001132sv*sd*bc*sc*i* i2c-i810 alias pci:v00008086d00002562sv*sd*bc*sc*i* i2c-i810 [jsteffer@granite X11]$ [jsteffer@granite X11]$ [jsteffer@granite X11]$ modprobe -l | grep i810 /lib/modules/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5/kernel/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i810.ko /lib/modules/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5/kernel/drivers/video/i810/i810fb.ko /lib/modules/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5/kernel/drivers/char/drm/i810.ko [jsteffer@granite X11]$ |
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