Anil Duggirala composed on 2017-05-23 08:24 (UTC-0500): > I have upgrade to Stretch, and my system is loading the graphical > interface (Gnome). However, I believe my graphics are sluggish, video > playback at some points starts freezing and sometimes just becomes
Playback of what? With which player? All players? SMplayer? VLC? MPV? Kodi? > unwatchable (it starts using up a lot of CPU power). In the > recommendations here > (https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Intel/NUC5PPYH) it says to > install non-free firmware, the Debian installer asked for > firmware-realtek, I provided it and I believe that I installed. But what > non-free firmware could possible correct my graphics problems? what am I Show us what firmware is currently installed: dpkg -l | grep mware If firmware-linux-free is already installed, as it should be, unless there's something in firmware-misc-nonfree and it is not installed, I don't think adding any more firmware will help you. Realtek is only ever about network or sound. > missing. I am happy my sytem is working, but graphics work better in> > Windows, and that is morally inacceptable to me Now that you've switched to Stretch we need to see /var/log/Xorg.0 again. Send it to https://paste.debian.net/ It might be helpful to report your problem on the Intel video driver mailing list: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
