The latest recommended driver for Intel GPUs is actually the one built in to Xorg, called "modesetting".
You shouldn't need to install the old 'intel' driver for anything. But if you do then yes it should at least install. ** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1841018 Title: Unable to install Intel Latest Driver Status in xserver-xorg-video-intel package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I was trying to install Intel's driver as the graphics keep freezing for couple of seconds, then continue to play... I used Terminal to install the graphics driver, But the error occured. >sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: xserver-xorg-video-intel : Depends: xorg-video-abi-23 Depends: xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.18.99.901) E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-25.26~18.04.1-generic 5.0.18 Uname: Linux 5.0.0-25-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Aug 22 09:18:39 2019 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: bionic DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0a06] (rev 0b) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller [1028:0651] InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-20 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210) MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 3542 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.0.0-25-generic root=UUID=74b87668-96c3-4667-ad47-0905da0b45c2 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 05/23/2018 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A14 dmi.board.name: 0C3NP7 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A14 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA14:bd05/23/2018:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron3542:pvrNotSpecified:rvnDellInc.:rn0C3NP7:rvrA14:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified: dmi.product.name: Inspiron 3542 dmi.product.sku: 0651 dmi.product.version: Not Specified dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.97-1ubuntu1~18.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 19.0.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 19.0.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1841018/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
