On 30/06/2015, The Wanderer <wande...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > On 06/29/2015 at 11:59 AM, Bret Busby wrote: >
<snip> >> However, after having written that, I think that the web page at >> https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/DRM_I915.html >> indicates that laptop computers with an Intel i7 CPU, should be >> compatible with the i915 chipset (?) or modules(?), and thus, the >> existing, installed, driver for the Intel graphics controller, is >> the appropriate one for the Intel Haswell graphics controller? > > If you look into the details, that Web page indicates that support is > present from kernel 2.6.36 onwards. That would seem to imply that it is > not present earlier. What kernel version are you running? ('uname -r' > would be the command.) > " root@bret-av3-772g-deb6:~# uname -a Linux bret-av3-772g-deb6 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Jun 17 16:09:06 UTC 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@bret-av3-772g-deb6:~# " and, in having just ran apt-get update and apt-get upgrade no later kernel version is shown as being available. But, anyway, as indicated in my last post, I have gived up. After about two years of trying to get it working. :( -- 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/cacx6j8ouhup5gkfow65mjjqyqjjxyhl_q7ayrh8_npckxlh...@mail.gmail.com