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Battery111
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 Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 4:46 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] Using llvmpipe rather than Intel graphics |
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I'm a gentoo noob, and frankly my Linux skills leave something to be desired. Having said that I'm hoping someone can dumb this down for me.
I've got a working gentoo installation using KDE Plasma as the desktop environment. In the about pane of the settings app, it shows llvmpipe as my graphics. This is an Intel NUC and I would like to use the Intel graphics rather than llvmpipe.
I checked to ensure Mesa is installed, but beyond that I'm not sure where to dig into the configuration for it. I also confirmed that Intel graphics is compiled into the kernel (I've tried it both in the kernel and as a module with the same results)
What info do you guys need to help me fix this?
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sdauth
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
To get the right video drivers, you need to set the VIDEO_CARDS variable in /etc/portage/make.conf
On my system I have :
| Code: | | VIDEO_CARDS="intel" |
Then update your system. (emerge -UD @world) This will pull the right drivers and rebuild mesa.
if that's not enough, then maybe you're missing firmware for the igpu of your intel nuc ? Is linux-firmware installed ? |
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Battery111
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| sdauth wrote: | Hi,
To get the right video drivers, you need to set the VIDEO_CARDS variable in /etc/portage/make.conf
On my system I have :
| Code: | | VIDEO_CARDS="intel" |
Then update your system. (emerge -UD @world) This will pull the right drivers and rebuild mesa.
if that's not enough, then maybe you're missing firmware for the igpu of your intel nuc ? Is linux-firmware installed ? |
I've got a feeling the setting in make.conf is where I was messed up. I added the setting and I'm rebuilding world now. This will take a while so I'll report back. |
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Battery111
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| Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2022 5:42 am Post subject: |
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Finally finished updating everything, rebooted but still using llvmpipe. I do have the firmware package mentioned installed.
I tried creating /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf according to the Intel Wiki, but this prevents X from starting at all.
When I boot into the liveGUI, it loads the correct drivers and shows the Intel graphics in the about this system pane. So I know it's possible. I just need to figure out where else I missed something like the VIDEO_CARDS variable mentioned. |
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Battery111
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| Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2022 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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OK I solved this problem. I went back and followed the steps from the wiki page regarding intel graphics for compiling the firmware into the kernel. Now my system is showing that it's using Mesa Intel Xe Graphics. Thanks for the help and pointing me in the right direction.
Additionally, after reading through the wiki, I used
| Code: | | VIDEO_CARDS="intel i965 iris" |
as my setting in make.conf |
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