Driver needed for a Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900

[TedStriker]

I have a dell inspiron 710m, and just installed Mint. I love it, but would love to go back to my normal screen resolution. any ideas where I'd find a driver for my graphics card...(Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900). Thanks in advance.

[JasonLG]

According to Dell an inspiron 710m has an Intel Extreme Graphics chipset not a Graphics Media Accelerator 900 chipset. http://www.dell.com/us/en/dfb/notebooks ... s=28&s=dfb A Graphics Media Accelerator 900 chipset works right out of the box, an Extreme Graphics chipset however is a different story altogether. I did a little Googling on your behalf and found Ubuntu forum posts about the poor performance/low screen res of the Extreme Graphics chipset from as far back as 2004 but no solutions, sorry.

[mick55]

any ideas where I'd find a driver for my graphics card..

Over Macho Grande......



......But, seriously folks....

Open a terminal [Menu-->Terminal] and run this command (UPPERCASE F please)
copy/paste the output here.

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inxi -F

These commands as well, copy/paste the output here.

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glxinfo | grep vendor

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glxinfo | grep render

mick

[TedStriker]

Shirley you can't be serious...


Thanks for your help guys, based on the above post, the graphics card is the Intel 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device. any ideas on where/how I can get this to work?

[mick55]

Shirley you can't be serious...

I am serious... and don't call me Shirley.


But, as I said above, please copy/paste the output of the commands as requested.

There is more to the puzzle than just the tidbit of info you provided.

thanks

mick

[TedStriker]

So this is what those commands produced....

matt@matt-laptop ~ $ inxi -F
System: Host matt-laptop Kernel 2.6.32-21-generic i686 (32 bit) Distro Linux Mint 9 Isadora
CPU: Single core Intel Pentium M (UP) cache 2048 KB flags (sse2) bmips 3987.37 clocked at 2000.00 MHz
Graphics: Card Intel 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device X.Org 1.7.6 Res: 1024x768@0.0hz
GLX Renderer Software Rasterizer GLX Version 2.1 Mesa 7.7.1 Direct Rendering Yes
Audio: Card Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller driver Intel ICH at ports 1c00 18c0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.21
Network: Card-1 Broadcom BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX driver b44 v: 2.0
Card-2 Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG [Calexico2] Network Connection driver ipw2200 v: 1.2.2kmprq
Disks: HDD Total Size: 100.0GB (2.7% used) 1: /dev/sda FUJITSU MHV2100A 100.0GB
Partition: ID:/ size: 88G used: 2.6G (4%) fs: ext4 ID:swap-1 size: 4.11GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 56.0C mobo: 54.0C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes 140 Uptime 11:33 Memory 210.8/1996.5MB Client Shell inxi 1.3.2
matt@matt-laptop ~ $ glxinfo | grep vendor
server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa Project
matt@matt-laptop ~ $ glxinfo | grep render
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer
matt@matt-laptop ~ $


I'm a newbie, so I have no idea what this means.....any help is much appreciated!

[mick55]

Do ya feel lucky?

Well do ya?

There was an Intel Graphics regression in Mint 8 and Mint 9.
The newer kernels have addressed this issue.

I have a PC with Intel graphics that I use for testing. I upgraded it to the
newest Linux kernel earlier today, and the graphics look great.

The newest Linux kernel was released less than 24 hours ago.
I recommend installing it if you don't mind trying something new.

Here's how:-

You just need to download these files and then INSTALL THEM IN THIS ORDER:

linux-headers all.deb

linux-headers i386.deb

linux-image i386.deb

After you have downloaded and installed these 3 files, you will need to manually
update grub to add the new kernel to the menu. Use this command

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sudo update-grub

Then reboot and try the new kernel option.

(You can install the deb files by double-clicking them and selecting "install package".)

mick

[JasonLG]

Do ya feel lucky?

Well do ya?

There was an Intel Graphics regression in Mint 8 and Mint 9.
The newer kernels have addressed this issue.

I have a PC with Intel graphics that I use for testing. I upgraded it to the
newest Linux kernel earlier today, and the graphics look great.

The newest Linux kernel was released less than 24 hours ago.
I recommend installing it if you don't mind trying something new.

Here's how:-

You just need to download these files and then INSTALL THEM IN THIS ORDER:

linux-headers all.deb

linux-headers i386.deb

linux-image i386.deb

After you have downloaded and installed these 3 files, you will need to manually
update grub to add the new kernel to the menu. Use this command

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sudo update-grub

Then reboot and try the new kernel option.

(You can install the deb files by double-clicking them and selecting "install package".)

mick

I tried that kernel on my laptop, also with a Intel chipset(Intel Mobile GM965) and although I didn't notice much difference as far as the graphics it did cause my MP3's to crackle during playback and sound harsh. My guess is that somehow it changed the default sampling rate/bitrate of my M-Audio USB sound card to something higher than 16bit 44.1. Any how it sounded like butt so that kernel went bye bye

[TedStriker]

Do ya feel lucky?

Well do ya?

There was an Intel Graphics regression in Mint 8 and Mint 9.
The newer kernels have addressed this issue.

I have a PC with Intel graphics that I use for testing. I upgraded it to the
newest Linux kernel earlier today, and the graphics look great.

The newest Linux kernel was released less than 24 hours ago.
I recommend installing it if you don't mind trying something new.

Here's how:-

You just need to download these files and then INSTALL THEM IN THIS ORDER:

linux-headers all.deb

linux-headers i386.deb

linux-image i386.deb

After you have downloaded and installed these 3 files, you will need to manually
update grub to add the new kernel to the menu. Use this command

Code: Select all

sudo update-grub

Then reboot and try the new kernel option.

(You can install the deb files by double-clicking them and selecting "install package".)

mick

It worked! thanks Mick, you're the man!!

[mick55]

..

Glad you got it working.

[joeb912]

One man's solution is another's problem. My cursor doesn't display after installing those packages. This on a Thinkpad R50 (Intel 82852/82855 chips). Would I have been better off sticking with the 2.62 kernel, and installing some other package or update, or is this too broad a question? The difference in the quality of the display is noticeable after the upgrade, but I gotta see my cursor.
Thanks.
jb

[JasonLG]

One man's solution is another's problem. My cursor doesn't display after installing those packages. This on a Thinkpad R50 (Intel 82852/82855 chips). Would I have been better off sticking with the 2.62 kernel, and installing some other package or update, or is this too broad a question? The difference in the quality of the display is noticeable after the upgrade, but I gotta see my cursor.
Thanks.
jb

Not much you can really do unless you plan on hacking on the driver and kernel. But realistically you're just going to have to decide which is the lesser of the 2 evils and hope they fix it in the future. Sorry.

[joeb912]

Regarding mick55's solution to install updated kernels - are these newer versions supported by Mint 9? When I ran them a warning appeared saying I should use the Package Manager, instead. My installation isn't critical so I blew past it and had the result I mentioned above (graphics were much crisper, but cursor disappeared).
If I'm not feeling experimental, should I still with whatever's in the package updater?
Just for the record, here's the output of the inxi -F command. Thanks for any help.
After fooling with more distros than I cared to, I've settled on Mint 9 as the one I like the best, so may
have to live with the monitor issues.
jb

____________________________________
( Every cloud engenders not a storm. )
( )
( -- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI" )
------------------------------------
o
o
.--.
|o_o |
|:_/ |
// \ \
(| | )
/'\_ _/`\
\___)=(___/

joe@joe-laptop ~ $ inxi -F
System: Host joe-laptop Kernel 2.6.32-21-generic i686 (32 bit) Distro Linux Mint 9 Isadora
CPU: Single core Intel Pentium M (UP) cache 2048 KB flags (sse2) bmips 3396.88 clocked at 1700.00 MHz
Graphics: Card Intel 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device X.Org 1.7.6 Res: 1024x768@0.0hz
GLX Renderer Software Rasterizer GLX Version 2.1 Mesa 7.7.1 Direct Rendering Yes
Audio: Card Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller driver Intel ICH at ports 1c00 18c0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.21
Network: Card-1 Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection driver ipw2200 v: 1.2.2kmprq
Card-2 Marvell 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless
Card-3 Intel 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver e1000 v: 7.3.21-k5-NAPI at port 7000
Disks: HDD Total Size: 40.0GB (7.2% used) 1: /dev/sda HTS424040M9AT00 40.0GB
Partition: ID:/ size: 17G used: 2.7G (18%) fs: ext4 ID:swap-1 size: 2.16GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0C mobo: 41.0C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A fan-1: 3168
Info: Processes 153 Uptime 15 min Memory 196.8/488.4MB Client Shell inxi 1.3.2
joe@joe-laptop ~ $

[mick55]

are these newer versions supported by Mint 9?

They are Ubuntu kernels so they are also compatible with Mint.

When I ran them a warning appeared saying I should use the Package Manager, instead.

The Package Manager is the preferred method of installing in Mint. That does not mean
you cannot or should not manually install your own packages when it is required.

My links are to the latest kernel, you can try others, and if they do
not work for you, remove them with the Package Manager.

How To: Upgrade your kernel, painlessly

kernel-ppa

My suggestion was for the OP and is not a fix all for everyone's issues.


mick

[joeb912]

Thanks, Mick. What I omitted is that the updates available through package manager weren't the same kernel releases as your links, that's why I asked about what was supported. I'm a Windows guy, the relationship to Ubuntu and others is just starting to sink in.

[mick55]

What I omitted is that the updates available through package manager weren't the same kernel releases as your links, that's why I asked about what was supported.

Using the Package Manager, Mint can track what you have installed or removed.

The software in the repositories (the ones available in the Package Manager),
have been tested for compatibility. (Even then there are still sometimes problems).

Downloading and installing packages obtained from other sources can be a crap shoot.
After a while you learn which sources are reliable, and which should be avoided.

The main reason for going outside the repos, is to get a newer version of something,
or get something not available in the repos.

Besides the official repos, you can add other repos, install software via deb files,
convert rpm files to deb via alien, or compile from source.



mick