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Questions tagged [i915]

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Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915

I upgraded my laptop to have the 4.8 kernel and during the process the following warnings came up. update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.8.0-040800-generic W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_dmc_ver1_01.bin for module…
Malachi
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"W: Possible missing firmware for module i915_bpo" when updating initramfs

When I run a kernel or NVIDIA driver update on my 16.04, this triggers an initramfs rebuild which outputs the warning below: Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.1) ... update-initramfs: Generating…
Byte Commander
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How can I fix broken i915 drivers for Intel GPUs?

I've got troubles getting the i915 drivers to work correctly on my laptop (HP Pavilion DM4 2101ea). Specifically, the laptop screen goes black and stays black after the splash graphic when booting both from USB key and from harddrive. To get…
Alen Mujezinovic
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Ubuntu 22.04.2 - Screen flickering / glitches

I've been struggling with that for the last week. I've checked similar questions, and the proposed solutions worked only for a moment or reduced the glitches, but they didn't fix the issue. Also, I reinstalled Ubuntu, but it didn't help. My setup…
dev.dave
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How to enable overscan compensation in the i915 driver?

Does the i915 driver support "overscan compensation"? If so, how can I enable it? EDIT: Or is there any other driver for Intel's HD4000 graphic that supports "overscan compensation"?
sergej
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Ubuntu 20.04 graphics driver problem

I have upgraded from Ubuntu 19.10 to 20.04, and now I have a problem with my graphics rendering (strange squares on background and font problems). I use the i915 driver. Graphics card: Skylake GT2 HD Graphics 520. I tried to reinstall GNOME shell…
Veniamin
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What are the Graphics capabilities of i915 driver?

I would like to know if the i915 driver supports all the features of DirectFB. I don't know whether this is the right way to ask what I have in my mind. When I look at the code, I find that it support just 'fill rectangle' and 'image blitting'. Is…
Navaneeth Sen
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Setting kernel options for the i915

I am trying to configure the i915 driver on my XPS 13 (9360) running Ubuntu 16.04 for better battery runtime. I have created a kernel config file with this name: /etc/modprobe.d/i915.conf Content of the file: options i915 modeset=1 enable_rc6=1…
sola
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Flickering screen + CPU pipe B FIFO underrun when I use the termnal

This is my configuration: $ inxi -b System: Host: balrog Kernel: 4.8.0-42-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.5.5 Distro: Ubuntu 16.04 xenial Machine: System: Dell (portable) product: Latitude E4310 v: 0001 Mobo:…
Samuel
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i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* Atomic update failure on pipe A

This is an error against the internal Intel i915 VGA video card. I see the error on a daily basis in syslog, even though I use the Nvidia card in my system. To see if you have the problem, do the following simple search: grep -i atomic…
heynnema
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External USB-C monitor flickers / blinks randomly

I regularly use an external monitor, connected through USB-C/thunderbolt to my laptop. It usually works flawlessly, but every now and then (between a few weeks or a few days), the monitor starts blinking (turns black for 1~2 seconds, and this…
chronos00
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Installing Intel graphics driver in Ubuntu 16.04

I have a dual Intel 6th gen./AMD Radeon HD graphics, and I have recently upgraded to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I was prviously on Ubuntu 14.04, using Intel graphics driver in Ubuntu 16.04, installed from here: https://download.01.org/gfx/ubuntu/14.04/ Video…
Ho1
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How to disable Intel i915 video module?

My computer is very unstable while running Ubuntu 14.04.2 or upper (anything newer than kernel 3.13) with only a VNC viewer in a sort of kiosk mode, it freezes frequently having to do a hard reset many times a day. As shown in this related bug it…
fmaste
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Ubuntu 15.04 freezes for a second every 6-10 seconds, PCI/Radeon related messages in kern.log

Tonight I made a fresh install of Xubuntu 15.04 on my laptop, an Acer Aspire TimelineX 4820TG. I was running 14.04 LTS before, and all was fine. I didn't have lot of stuffs to save, so I went for a complete uninstall and fresh re-installation, in…
lorenzo-s
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how to get and install Intel i915 drivers on ubuntu 18.04?

Good day all please could someone help me as i think I am a bit stuck, I want to install the Intel 915 drivers on my HP Elitebook 2540p (yes i know its an artifact), I am using this laptop as a side project to learn and understand Linux and its…
JP Naude
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