[gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?
Hello all, First off I'll admit to not knowing as much as I should about my system, and am hoping to correct that as I go (that's part of the reason I'm actually doing it this way). I'm trying to set up X on my system, and am not entirely sure which video card I have. I've already checked out lspci and lsmod, but nothing that appears, at least to me, to be specific to my video card jumps out at me. I accept that it may not have been compiled into the kernel, which is actually a lot of why I'm posting here. If anyone can lend a hand in this general area, that'd be greatly appreciated. I did do some looking on google, but didn't find a whole lot beyond folks just guessing and hoping they got it right. Sorry if this comes off as far too newbie-ish for this list, but I am quite new to this aspect of linux. Again, thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
RE: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?
lspci | grep VGA Or if that doesn't work lshw -class display
RE: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?
-Original Message- From: Adam Carter [mailto:adam.car...@optus.com.au] Sent: June 10, 2009 3:18 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have? lspci | grep VGA Or if that doesn't work lshw -class display Lspci worked. Now to figure out how in the hell to get my apparently intel integrated graphics card to play nice with Gnome+X. Is there a video_card= option for that? The only examples the docs give are for ATI and Nvidia. This is a laptop, if it makes any kind of difference.
Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:50:24 -0400 James Homuth ja...@the-jdh.com wrote: I'm trying to set up X on my system, and am not entirely sure which video card I have. These days X is clever enough to choose appropriate driver for you. I'd suggest to build X with following video drivers: intel radeon nv nvidia sis via xgi vesa, since that covers 90% (or even more) of modern built-in video adapters. Then issue X -configure as root and X will produce appropriate xorg.conf in /root/xorg.conf.new with all the possible parameters for your card, so you won't have to figure them out yourself. You can also remove all the drivers but the one chosen by X and vesa (in case something breaks or you get a new card) afterwards. -- Mike Kazantsev // fraggod.net signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:35:58 -0400 James Homuth ja...@the-jdh.com wrote: Lspci worked. Now to figure out how in the hell to get my apparently intel integrated graphics card to play nice with Gnome+X. Is there a video_card= option for that? The only examples the docs give are for ATI and Nvidia. This is a laptop, if it makes any kind of difference. echo 'VIDEO_CARDS=i810 intel' /etc/make.conf (i810 is for older ebuilds only) This page might also be of some use tou you: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Intel_GMA -- Mike Kazantsev // fraggod.net signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?
James Homuth wrote: -Original Message- From: Adam Carter [mailto:adam.car...@optus.com.au] Sent: June 10, 2009 3:18 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have? lspci | grep VGA Or if that doesn't work lshw -class display Lspci worked. Now to figure out how in the hell to get my apparently intel integrated graphics card to play nice with Gnome+X. Is there a video_card= option for that? The only examples the docs give are for ATI and Nvidia. This is a laptop, if it makes any kind of difference. These are the available options that I know of: VIDEO_CARDS=nv nvidia -apm -ark -chips -cirrus -cyrix -dummy -epson -fbdev -fglrx -glint -i128 -i740 (-impact) -imstt -intel -mach64 -mga -neomagic (-newport) -nsc -r128 -radeon -rendition -s3 -s3virge -savage -siliconmotion -sis -sisusb (-sunbw2) (-suncg14) (-suncg3) (-suncg6) (-sunffb) (-sunleo) (-suntcx) -tdfx -tga -trident -tseng -v4l -vesa -vga -via -vmware -voodoo I would start with intel but I think i128 and i740 are Intel as well. You may want to enable vesa as a second option. Sort of a back up to intel and vesa. At least you will have some sort of driver while trying to get the best one working. Dale :-) :-)
RE: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?
-Original Message- From: Mike Kazantsev [mailto:mk.frag...@gmail.com] Sent: June 10, 2009 3:41 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have? On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:35:58 -0400 James Homuth ja...@the-jdh.com wrote: Lspci worked. Now to figure out how in the hell to get my apparently intel integrated graphics card to play nice with Gnome+X. Is there a video_card= option for that? The only examples the docs give are for ATI and Nvidia. This is a laptop, if it makes any kind of difference. echo 'VIDEO_CARDS=i810 intel' /etc/make.conf (i810 is for older ebuilds only) Then just re-emerge X, I presume?
Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?
On Mittwoch 10 Juni 2009, James Homuth wrote: -Original Message- From: Mike Kazantsev [mailto:mk.frag...@gmail.com] Sent: June 10, 2009 3:41 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have? On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:35:58 -0400 James Homuth ja...@the-jdh.com wrote: Lspci worked. Now to figure out how in the hell to get my apparently intel integrated graphics card to play nice with Gnome+X. Is there a video_card= option for that? The only examples the docs give are for ATI and Nvidia. This is a laptop, if it makes any kind of difference. echo 'VIDEO_CARDS=i810 intel' /etc/make.conf (i810 is for older ebuilds only) Then just re-emerge X, I presume? no, mesa. And install the intel drivers.
Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:10:27 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: echo 'VIDEO_CARDS=i810 intel' /etc/make.conf (i810 is for older ebuilds only) Then just re-emerge X, I presume? no, mesa. And install the intel drivers. Or emerge -uavDN world and let portage decide what needs to be (re)installed. -- Neil Bothwick The considered application of terror is also a form of communication. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
