On 29/06/2015, Nicolas George <geo...@nsup.org> wrote: > Le primidi 11 messidor, an CCXXIII, The Wanderer a écrit : >> Going by the PCI ID you posted earlier (from lspci output), and looking >> that ID up in the LKDDB, it appears that the kernel module for the >> graphics component of this chip is i915.ko: >> >> https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/DRM_I915.html >> >> On my system (tracking current testing), I have: >> >> $ find /lib/modules/`uname -r` -name i915.ko >> /lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915.ko >> >> So: yes, Debian has a driver for this integrated graphics controller. > > This is doubly inconclusive. > > First, the kernel bundles in the same module support for several similar > but > not identical controllers. In other words, the i915.ko file you are > observing may very well be too old for this particular instance of an > i915-style video controller. > > To know for sure, see if the alias shown by `modinfo i915` match the PCI > IDs > of the controller. >
" root@bret-av3-772g-deb6:~# modinfo i915 filename: /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-amd64/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915.ko license: GPL and additional rights description: Intel Graphics author: Tungsten Graphics, Inc. license: GPL and additional rights alias: pci:v00008086d00000046sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d00000042sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d0000A011sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d0000A001sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d00002E92sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d00002E42sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d00002E32sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d00002E22sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d00002E12sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d00002E02sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d00002A42sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d00002A12sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d00002A02sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d000029D2sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d000029C2sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d000029B2sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d000029A2sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d00002992sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d00002982sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d00002972sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d000027AEsv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d000027A2sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d00002772sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d00002592sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d0000258Asv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d00002582sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d00002572sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d0000358Esv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d00003582sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d00002562sv*sd*bc03sc00i* alias: pci:v00008086d00003577sv*sd*bc03sc00i* depends: drm,drm_kms_helper,i2c-core,video,button,i2c-algo-bit vermagic: 2.6.32-5-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions parm: modeset:int parm: fbpercrtc:int parm: powersave:int parm: lvds_downclock:int root@bret-av3-772g-deb6:~# " ? > Second, the kernel module is not enough of a driver, except for just a high > resolution text console. A X.org driver is necessary too. You did not check > for it. If you did in the same way you did for the kernel, you would have > found a file named intel_drv.so, with the exact same issue as the kernel > module and no modinfo to query the supported PCI IDs. > Would that be shown in the Xorg.0.log file that I posted? > Considering that Debian 6 came out in 2011 and the Haswell > microarchitecture > came out in 2013, I would say that the answer to the question is very > likely > no. > > Regards, > > -- > Nicolas George > -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cacx6j8owhm8e1v8ecvcp1gdtffdavn+on11sr920vxh9jbb...@mail.gmail.com