cant get i915 drivers

[Member rmcg]

On My HP Elitebpook 2760p I installed antix 17 no problem and have run it without problem for 12 months, during installation it automagically recognised my i915 graphics and gave needed screen resolutions. When I tried a fresh install on same laptop with Antix 19 it didn’t recognise the i915 driver needed and I could only install Antix 19 using safe mode. My screen resolution was limited to 1024×768 from that point on. Can anyone give me some assistance on how to enable the i915 driver in Antix 19?

[Forum Admin rokytnji]

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https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-elitebook-2760p-tablet-pc/5071191/document/c02861730

Is that you?

https://packages.debian.org/buster/xserver-xorg-video-intel

The use of this driver is discouraged if your hw is new enough (ca. 2007 and newer).

Not sure myself what the above is about.

Anyways. My install carries it.

harry@biker:~
$ inxi -G
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
  resolution: 1600x900~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Mobile v: 4.2 Mesa 18.3.6 
harry@biker:~

So also not sure why you can’t run it with the installer also.

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Might give this a try with your current install before changing anything.

harry@biker:~
$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1600 x 900, maximum 8192 x 8192
LVDS-1 connected primary 1600x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 309mm x 174mm
   1600x900      60.01*+  59.99    59.94    59.95    59.82    40.00  
   1440x900      59.89  
   1400x900      59.96    59.88  
   1440x810      60.00    59.97  
   1368x768      59.88    59.85  
   1360x768      59.80    59.96  
   1280x800      59.99    59.97    59.81    59.91  
   1152x864      60.00  
   1280x720      60.00    59.99    59.86    59.74  
   1024x768      60.04    60.00  
   960x720       60.00  
   928x696       60.05  
   896x672       60.01  
   1024x576      59.95    59.96    59.90    59.82  
   960x600       59.93    60.00  
   960x540       59.96    59.99    59.63    59.82  
   800x600       60.00    60.32    56.25  
   840x525       60.01    59.88  
   864x486       59.92    59.57  
   800x512       60.17  
   700x525       59.98  
   800x450       59.95    59.82  
   640x512       60.02  
   720x450       59.89  
   700x450       59.96    59.88  
   640x480       60.00    59.94  
   720x405       59.51    58.99  
   684x384       59.88    59.85  
   680x384       59.80    59.96  
   640x400       59.88    59.98  
   576x432       60.06  
   640x360       59.86    59.83    59.84    59.32  
   512x384       60.00  
   512x288       60.00    59.92  
   480x270       59.63    59.82  
   400x300       60.32    56.34  
   432x243       59.92    59.57  
   320x240       60.05  
   360x202       59.51    59.13  
   320x180       59.84    59.32  
VGA-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
harry@biker:~
$ 

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Sigh. Just noticed duplicate threads. Please don’t double post.Gonna lock this one.

Edit: Opened back up since anti posted.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by rokytnji.

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Please post output of inxi -G

I have 4 laptops running antiX-19 that use i915.

inxi -G
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: intel resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ironlake Mobile v: 2.1 Mesa 18.3.6 

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Here is my output for my HP 2760p this is with Antix 17 currently installed. When I tried a fresh install on same laptop with Antix 19 it didn’t recognise the i915 driver needed and I could only install Antix 19 using safe mode. My screen resolution was limited to 1024×768 from that point on.

inxi -G
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
driver: i915 v: kernel
Display: server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1280×800~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Mobile v: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6

Here is the output form my current graphics setup for the laptop.

@robshp:~
$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 800, maximum 8192 x 8192
LVDS-1 connected primary 1280×800+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 261mm x 163mm
1280×800 60.04*+ 40.03
1024×768 60.04 60.00
960×720 60.00
928×696 60.05
896×672 60.01
960×600 60.00
960×540 59.99
800×600 60.00 60.32 56.25
840×525 60.01 59.88
800×512 60.17
700×525 59.98
640×512 60.02
720×450 59.89
640×480 60.00 59.94
680×384 59.80 59.96
576×432 60.06
512×384 60.00
400×300 60.32 56.34
320×240 60.05
VGA-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

• This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by rmcg.
• This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by rmcg.
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[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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Try booting with nomodeset

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Outside of trying to boot with nomodeset as anti said. It also may be worth trying to boot with no extra grub line options except for the init 3 option of “3” without quotes. Then log in to the console and type
modprobe i915
followed by
telinit 5

It may also be that the driver is blacklisted from booting in safe mode. I would check in /etc/modprobe for any blacklist.

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[Member rmcg]

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Thanks Dave will try your tips.

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I’ve got this same processor/GPU on my Elitebook 8440 and what I’ve got is “i915.fastboot=0” on my boot commandline (very recent kernels enabled it by default and I’ve had blank-screen, etc. issues w/fastboot on this system w/various kernels). Also check your /etc/modprobe.d files and make sure you don’t have “enable_rc6=1” enabled anywhere (should be commented out if there). And yes, I do have modeset=1 in one of those files (i915-kms.conf). I also have “intel_agp” followed by “i915 fastboot=0” in my /etc/initramfs-tools/modules file. I’ve used the “modesetting” driver before too (works), but have better graphics with xserver-xorg-video-intel!

Hope this helps

Jim

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