I'm not sure how to tell which video driver I'm using. If anyone has any insights they will be greatly appreciated!

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inxi -Fxz
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brian@ProBook:~$ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: ProBook Kernel: 4.15.0-46-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.0.9
Distro: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic
Machine: Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP ProBook 650 G1 v: A3009DD10303 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 2101 v: KBC Version 16.38 serial: <filter> BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: L78 Ver. 01.05
date: 04/29/2014
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 55.7 Wh condition: 55.7/55.7 Wh (100%) model: Hewlett-Packard Primary status: Discharging
CPU: Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-4300M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell rev: 3 L2 cache: 3072 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 20751
Speed: 898 MHz min/max: 800/3300 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 817 2: 839 3: 828 4: 805
Graphics: Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel
bus ID: 00:02.0
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Mars [Radeon HD 8730M] driver: radeon v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: ati,modesetting,radeon unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Mobile v: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.2 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus ID: 00:03.0
Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:1b.0
Device-3: AMD Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7700/7800 Series] driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 01:00.1
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.15.0-46-generic
Network: Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-LM vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: 4080 bus ID: 00:19.0
IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Broadcom and subsidiaries BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n driver: wl v: kernel port: ef80 bus ID: 03:00.0
IF: wlo1 state: dormant mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 9.02 GiB (1.9%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS545050A7E680 size: 465.76 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 457.45 GiB used: 9.02 GiB (2.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 32.0 C mobo: 0.0 C gpu: radeon temp: 31 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 262 Uptime: 1h 21m Memory: 3.75 GiB used: 1.00 GiB (26.8%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers:
gcc: 7.3.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.19 inxi: 3.0.27
brian@ProBook:~$
Not too recent (Ubuntu 17.10?), and the author advises
sudo gedit
.... sudo
:I agree. That the first image looks perfect on my screen indicates that the GPU is correctly providing the image to the screen shot application on request. It makes sense then that the issue is not the driver or the GPU, but something after that, which leaves only the screen itself.rene wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:52 pmSounds like you have a backlight issue. Do the keys on your keyboard to adjust brightness work? If not, does this? https://itsfoss.com/fix-brightness-ubuntu-1310. Note, that specific BusID will assumedly be incorrect for you; identify your intel GPUs bus id from the output of lspci. Also see the comments, especially the recent dave_robbo one.
Can you explain what you mean by wrongful use of sudo?Pjotr wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2019 4:33 amNot too recent (Ubuntu 17.10?), and the author advisessudo gedit
....![]()
This progressive scheme for fixing brightness issues that I wrote *is* up to date, and contains no wrongful use ofsudo
:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... y.html#ID4
(item 4 and further)
The author of the cited article is mistakenly advising to usepowerchord84 wrote:Can you explain what you mean by wrongful use of sudo?
sudo
with a GUI-based application.sudo
is for command line tools, such as a non-GUI text editor like nano
.gedit
, you'd want to use pkexec
(for LM 19.x and later), or gksudo
(for LM 18.x and earlier).If you go there and click on 'Add profile' then a list of available color profiles should show up. I would try and see if any of them looks better.powerchord84 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:22 amI could not change or do anything under color profiles.