Graphics card not shown (Possibly fixed; please verify)

[divide0]

This is the third problem I'm having with Kubuntu. My graphics card, which is an integrated Intel 965 express chipset family, is not displayed when I look at the display configuration. Instead, it shows a "VEGA" graphics card(?). Whatever this is, it appears to be generic graphics, as some things (namely youtube) show up quite blurry at times. Again, is there a driver I need to download for this card to be picked up?

[trikinomitry101]

Re: Graphics card not shown

open konsole and type in

sudo apt-get upgrade kubuntu
sudo apt-get update

Then see if after a reboot you are still having troubles

[cibbuano]

Re: Graphics card not shown

I had the exact same problem - Kubuntu doesn't seem to want to recognize the 965, so I changed my xorg.conf from VESA to 'intel'. That seemed to work a lot better - glxgears went from 200 to ~950.

[url=http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/download.html]This looks like something I'd avoid, but you can recompile the drivers from scratch.

[divide0]

Re: Graphics card not shown

I can't find xorg.conf. Could you give me an exact location?

[Snowhog]

Re: Graphics card not shown

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

[divide0]

Re: Graphics card not shown

There is nothing in my xorg.conf to change from "VESA" to "Intel". However, I decided to go to the monitor and display settings and change the card to Intel 965. Upon reboot, disaster struck. Linux would not run at all. In order to fix this, I had to go into recovery mode and reset the X-server. Linux is working again, but still with the Generic VESA driver setting. Am I missing a file or something? Or did I need to change another setting when I changed "VESA" to "Intel"?

As for the Update Kubuntu suggestion, I'm not so quick to try it, as I'm afraid that I might lose my configurations and such. I'll try it if nothing else seems to be working.

Here is my xorg.conf file without the programming notes at the top:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

[Snowhog]

Re: Graphics card not shown

Check to see if you have the xserver-xorg-video-intel package installed.

xserver-xorg-video-intel

X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver

This package provides the driver for the Intel i8xx and i9xx family of chipsets, including i810, i815, i830, i845, i855, i865, i915, i945 and i965 series chips.

This package also provides an XvMC (XVideo Motion Compensation) driver for i810 and i815 chipsets.
More information about X.Org can be found at:

This package is built from the X.org xf86-video-intel driver module.

[divide0]

Re: Graphics card not shown

I did, but it needed updating, so I did just that. Again. xorg.conf has nothing about my video card in it, so I once again decided to change my display settings...and again, Linux stopped working. I had to (again) reset the Xserver. I'll keep looking for other things that I might need to do or have.

[dibl]

Re: Graphics card not shown

When you do

lspci

does it show the Intel graphics controller?

Also, let's have a look at

lsmod

output, please.

[divide0]

Re: Graphics card not shown

It does, I believe...


00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
08:03.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
08:03.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
08:03.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)

And here's the Ismod...

Module Size Used by
ipv6 267780 10
af_packet 23812 2
binfmt_misc 12808 1
rfcomm 41744 2
l2cap 25728 13 rfcomm
bluetooth 61156 4 rfcomm,l2cap
i915 32512 2
drm 82452 3 i915
sonypi 23192 0
ppdev 10372 0
acpi_cpufreq 10796 2
cpufreq_ondemand 9740 1
cpufreq_conservative 8712 0
cpufreq_userspace 5284 0
cpufreq_stats 7104 0
freq_table 5536 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0
sbs 15112 0
sbshc 7680 1 sbs
dock 11280 0
container 5632 0
iptable_filter 3840 0
ip_tables 14820 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 16132 1 ip_tables
aes_i586 33536 0
dm_crypt 15364 0
dm_mod 62660 1 dm_crypt
ndiswrapper 192920 0
sbp2 24072 0
parport_pc 36260 0
lp 12324 0
parport 37832 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
joydev 13120 0
pcmcia 40876 0
snd_hda_intel 344728 1
sony_laptop 35292 0
snd_pcm_oss 42144 0
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 78596 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep 10500 1 snd_hda_intel
video 19856 0
output 4736 1 video
snd_seq_dummy 4868 0
snd_seq_oss 35584 0
snd_seq_midi 9376 0
button 9232 0
sky2 47492 0
snd_rawmidi 25760 1 snd_seq_midi
tifm_7xx1 8576 0
battery 14212 0
ac 6916 0
snd_seq_midi_event 8320 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
psmouse 40336 0
tifm_core 11012 1 tifm_7xx1
serio_raw 7940 0
snd_seq 54224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
yenta_socket 27276 1
intel_agp 25492 1
snd_timer 24836 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 9612 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
rsrc_nonstatic 13696 1 yenta_socket
agpgart 34760 3 drm,intel_agp
pcmcia_core 40596 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
shpchp 34452 0
iTCO_wdt 13092 0
snd 56996 13 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,sn d_hwdep,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_ seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
pci_hotplug 30880 1 shpchp
iTCO_vendor_support 4868 1 iTCO_wdt
pcspkr 4224 0
evdev 13056 9
soundcore 8800 1 snd
ext3 136712 1
jbd 48404 1 ext3
mbcache 9600 1 ext3
sg 36880 0
sd_mod 30720 3
sr_mod 17956 0
cdrom 37408 1 sr_mod
pata_acpi 8320 0
usbhid 31872 0
hid 38784 1 usbhid
ata_piix 19588 0
ahci 28420 2
ata_generic 8324 0
libata 159344 4 pata_acpi,ata_piix,ahci,ata_generic
scsi_mod 151436 5 sbp2,sg,sd_mod,sr_mod,libata
ohci1394 33584 0
ieee1394 93752 2 sbp2,ohci1394
ehci_hcd 37900 0
uhci_hcd 27024 0
usbcore 146028 5 ndiswrapper,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
thermal 16796 0
processor 36872 4 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
fan 5636 0
fbcon 42912 0
tileblit 3456 1 fbcon
font 9472 1 fbcon
bitblit 6784 1 fbcon
softcursor 3072 1 bitblit
fuse 50580 1

Anything missing?

[dibl]

Re: Graphics card not shown

So, here's your graphics system:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)

Not sure why it needs to be listed twice -- that looks a bit odd.

And here's the driver that's presently running it:

i915 32512 2

But as Snowhog says, the

xserver-xorg-video-intel

driver is preferable.

Rats, I installed Kubuntu Hardy Heron on an old Dell Dimension that had one of those Intel chips, about a month ago, but I no longer recall what the resulting xorg.conf file looked like. I suspect you need a

Driver "intel"

line in it, but you'll have to determine that for sure. Here looks like maybe some help:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ht=intel+gm965

[Snowhog]

Re: Graphics card not shown

Listing two graphics controllers is not abnormal. My graphics chip is an Intel 945GM and my lspci | grep Graphics results in the following output:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

I also have the i915 module loaded.

[divide0]

Re: Graphics card not shown

Not sure if I did that post's instructions 100%, but it did not do anything. After I configure the xorg.conf, is there anything else I need to do? The post I don't believe said anything about what to do after xorg.conf is edited.

[divide0]

Re: Graphics card not shown (Possibly fixed; please verify)

EDIT: I believe I may a at least partially fixed the problem, although I am not entirely sure. The only things that seem to work now are a couple of 3D programs, and compiz no longer crashes. However, instead of being specific, my driver is now listed at simply "intel". I searched on the internet and found this xorg.conf:

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller"
Driver "intel"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
#Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1680x1050"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection