Re: [gentoo-user] drivers for INTEL integrated GPU?

2017-03-29 Thread R0b0t1
On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Jorge Almeida wrote: > On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 2:28 PM, R0b0t1 wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 3:39 AM, Jorge Almeida wrote: > >> >> http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/graphics-drivers/05520.html >> ev says that everything up to Intel HD 620 is

Re: [gentoo-user] drivers for INTEL integrated GPU?

2017-03-29 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 2:28 PM, R0b0t1 wrote: > On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 3:39 AM, Jorge Almeida wrote: > > http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/graphics-drivers/05520.html > ev says that everything up to Intel HD 620 is supported. It is > probably reasonable to assume that a HD 630

Re: [gentoo-user] drivers for INTEL integrated GPU?

2017-03-28 Thread Adam Carter
Agree with Joost that Intel is typically well supported in LInux. I have Skylate (gen6) system which i got fairly soon after they were released and had no issues setting it up using ~amd64. If you want to run amd64 instead you might need to keyword the kernel and X stuff. On firefox about:support,

Re: [gentoo-user] drivers for INTEL integrated GPU?

2017-03-28 Thread R0b0t1
On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 3:39 AM, Jorge Almeida wrote: > I'm resending this because "HD 630" is a title bound to elicit no > response at all. Sorry, I was tired. > > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 11:03 PM, Jorge Almeida wrote: >> This may be a stupid question, for one of two possible reasons, but >> her

Re: [gentoo-user] drivers for INTEL integrated GPU?

2017-03-28 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 28 Mar 2017 09:51:03 Walter Dnes wrote: > On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 10:19:00AM +0100, Jorge Almeida wrote > > > OK, I need no 3D, and I don't game (not even occasionally :)) And > > I'm just an openbox user! > > > > Maybe someone with a 7th generation can share experience? > > > > The g

Re: [gentoo-user] drivers for INTEL integrated GPU?

2017-03-28 Thread Walter Dnes
On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 10:19:00AM +0100, Jorge Almeida wrote > > OK, I need no 3D, and I don't game (not even occasionally :)) And > I'm just an openbox user! > > Maybe someone with a 7th generation can share experience? > > The gentoo WiKI has a page about this stuff. Reading now... Mozilla-

Re: [gentoo-user] drivers for INTEL integrated GPU?

2017-03-28 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 12:39 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On March 28, 2017 11:19:00 AM GMT+02:00, Jorge Almeida > wrote: >> >>Maybe someone with a 7th generation can share experience? >> > > > If you just want 2D, then any GPU should work. Intel has very good support on > Linux. > > For desktop

Re: [gentoo-user] drivers for INTEL integrated GPU?

2017-03-28 Thread J. Roeleveld
On March 28, 2017 11:19:00 AM GMT+02:00, Jorge Almeida wrote: >On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 10:02 AM, J. Roeleveld >wrote: >> On March 28, 2017 10:39:22 AM GMT+02:00, Jorge Almeida > wrote: > > >> >> My laptop uses the integrated GPU 95÷ of the time. For the occasional >game I want to play, I ca

Re: [gentoo-user] drivers for INTEL integrated GPU?

2017-03-28 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 10:02 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On March 28, 2017 10:39:22 AM GMT+02:00, Jorge Almeida > wrote: >>> > > My laptop uses the integrated GPU 95÷ of the time. For the occasional game I > want to play, I can enable the NVidia chip. > > Support for Intel graphics is in the v

Re: [gentoo-user] drivers for INTEL integrated GPU?

2017-03-28 Thread J. Roeleveld
On March 28, 2017 10:39:22 AM GMT+02:00, Jorge Almeida wrote: >I'm resending this because "HD 630" is a title bound to elicit no >response at all. Sorry, I was tired. > >On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 11:03 PM, Jorge Almeida >wrote: >> This may be a stupid question, for one of two possible reasons, but

[gentoo-user] drivers for INTEL integrated GPU?

2017-03-28 Thread Jorge Almeida
I'm resending this because "HD 630" is a title bound to elicit no response at all. Sorry, I was tired. On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 11:03 PM, Jorge Almeida wrote: > This may be a stupid question, for one of two possible reasons, but > here it goes: > > I'm thinking of buying a recent Intel CPU (7th ge