[gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?

[gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?

[James Homuth]

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Hello all,
 
First off I'll admit to not knowing as much as I should about my system, and
am hoping to correct that as I go (that's part of the reason I'm actually
doing it this way). I'm trying to set up X on my system, and am not entirely
sure which video card I have. I've already checked out lspci and lsmod, but
nothing that appears, at least to me, to be specific to my video card jumps
out at me. I accept that it may not have been compiled into the kernel,
which is actually a lot of why I'm posting here. If anyone can lend a hand
in this general area, that'd be greatly appreciated. I did do some looking
on google, but didn't find a whole lot beyond folks just guessing and hoping
they got it right. Sorry if this comes off as far too newbie-ish for this
list, but I am quite new to this aspect of linux. Again, thank you in
advance for any help you can provide.

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[gentoo-user] Re: Best way to determine what video card I have?

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 06/10/2009 09:50 AM, James Homuth wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> First off I'll admit to not knowing as much as I should about my system,
> and am hoping to correct that as I go (that's part of the reason I'm
> actually doing it this way). I'm trying to set up X on my system, and am
> not entirely sure which video card I have.

You open the case of the PC, remove the graphics card and take a good 
look at it :P

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: Best way to determine what video card I have?

[James Homuth]

 

-----Original Message-----
From: news [mailto:news@ger.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Nikos Chantziaras
Sent: June 10, 2009 2:55 AM
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Best way to determine what video card I have?

On 06/10/2009 09:50 AM, James Homuth wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> First off I'll admit to not knowing as much as I should about my 
> system, and am hoping to correct that as I go (that's part of the 
> reason I'm actually doing it this way). I'm trying to set up X on my 
> system, and am not entirely sure which video card I have.

You open the case of the PC, remove the graphics card and take a good look
at it :P


And if you can't see the card, nevermind well enough to open the case? :P

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best way to determine what video card I have?

[Roy Wright]

On Jun 10, 2009, at 2:20 AM, James Homuth wrote:

> On 06/10/2009 09:50 AM, James Homuth wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>> First off I'll admit to not knowing as much as I should about my
>> system, and am hoping to correct that as I go (that's part of the
>> reason I'm actually doing it this way). I'm trying to set up X on my
>> system, and am not entirely sure which video card I have.
>
> You open the case of the PC, remove the graphics card and take a  
> good look
> at it :P
>
>
> And if you can't see the card, nevermind well enough to open the  
> case? :P

I can testify that this method does not always work.  I had bought a  
name brand
video card, but it turned out to be a generic card that did not have a  
manufacturers
name, logo or even model number on it, not even a sticker.

lshw usually works.  If needed, emerge lshw

[gentoo-user] Re: Best way to determine what video card I have?

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 06/10/2009 10:20 AM, James Homuth wrote:
> On 06/10/2009 09:50 AM, James Homuth wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> First off I'll admit to not knowing as much as I should about my
>> system, and am hoping to correct that as I go (that's part of the
>> reason I'm actually doing it this way). I'm trying to set up X on my
>> system, and am not entirely sure which video card I have.
>
> You open the case of the PC, remove the graphics card and take a good look
> at it :P
>
>
> And if you can't see the card, nevermind well enough to open the case? :P

Then you must be on a laptop but you didn't say so ;)

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: Best way to determine what video card I have?

[James Homuth]

 

-----Original Message-----
From: news [mailto:news@ger.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Nikos Chantziaras
Sent: June 10, 2009 4:05 AM
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Best way to determine what video card I have?

On 06/10/2009 10:20 AM, James Homuth wrote:
> On 06/10/2009 09:50 AM, James Homuth wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> First off I'll admit to not knowing as much as I should about my 
>> system, and am hoping to correct that as I go (that's part of the 
>> reason I'm actually doing it this way). I'm trying to set up X on my 
>> system, and am not entirely sure which video card I have.
>
> You open the case of the PC, remove the graphics card and take a good 
> look at it :P
>
>
> And if you can't see the card, nevermind well enough to open the case? 
> :P

Then you must be on a laptop but you didn't say so ;)


Well, I am. But I also can't see, as in can't see. So that wouldn't really
be relevant anyway.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best way to determine what video card I have?

[KH]

James Homuth schrieb:

> 
> Then you must be on a laptop but you didn't say so ;)
> 
> 
> Well, I am. But I also can't see, as in can't see. So that wouldn't really
> be relevant anyway.
> 
> 

Hi,

what laptop do you have? Did you search http://www.linux-laptop.net/ (it
was helpful for me) and (in German) http://tuxmobil.de/mylaptops_de.html ?

Also it might be helpful to post the output of lspci | grep VGA so
someone might just know what to use instead of being forced to guess ;-)

Also I just did a quick search at larry showing there are three
different xf86 intel video drivers:

http://packages.larrythecow.org/?v=pkg&c=x11-drivers&s=xf86-video-i740
http://packages.larrythecow.org/?v=pkg&c=x11-drivers&s=xf86-video-intel
http://packages.larrythecow.org/?v=pkg&c=x11-drivers&s=xf86-video-vermilion

kh

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best way to determine what video card I have?

[Dale]

KH wrote:
> Hi,
>
> what laptop do you have? Did you search http://www.linux-laptop.net/ (it
> was helpful for me) and (in German) http://tuxmobil.de/mylaptops_de.html ?
>
> Also it might be helpful to post the output of lspci | grep VGA so
> someone might just know what to use instead of being forced to guess ;-)
>
> Also I just did a quick search at larry showing there are three
> different xf86 intel video drivers:
>
> http://packages.larrythecow.org/?v=pkg&c=x11-drivers&s=xf86-video-i740
> http://packages.larrythecow.org/?v=pkg&c=x11-drivers&s=xf86-video-intel
> http://packages.larrythecow.org/?v=pkg&c=x11-drivers&s=xf86-video-vermilion
>
> kh
>
>
>   

This may help.

http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/

I used it a while back when checking on something and it was helpful.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

RE: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?

[Adam Carter]

lspci | grep VGA

Or if that doesn't work

lshw -class display

RE: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?

[James Homuth]

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Carter [mailto:Adam.Carter@optus.com.au] 
Sent: June 10, 2009 3:18 AM
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?

lspci | grep VGA

Or if that doesn't work

lshw -class display


Lspci worked. Now to figure out how in the hell to get my apparently intel
integrated graphics card to play nice with Gnome+X. Is there a video_card=
option for that? The only examples the docs give are for ATI and Nvidia.
This is a laptop, if it makes any kind of difference.

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?

[Mike Kazantsev]

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On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:35:58 -0400
"James Homuth" <james@the-jdh.com> wrote:

> Lspci worked. Now to figure out how in the hell to get my apparently intel
> integrated graphics card to play nice with Gnome+X. Is there a video_card=
> option for that? The only examples the docs give are for ATI and Nvidia.
> This is a laptop, if it makes any kind of difference.

  echo 'VIDEO_CARDS="i810 intel"' >> /etc/make.conf

(i810 is for older ebuilds only)

This page might also be of some use tou you:
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Intel_GMA

-- 
Mike Kazantsev // fraggod.net

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RE: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?

[James Homuth]

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Kazantsev [mailto:mk.fraggod@gmail.com] 
Sent: June 10, 2009 3:41 AM
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?

On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:35:58 -0400
"James Homuth" <james@the-jdh.com> wrote:

> Lspci worked. Now to figure out how in the hell to get my apparently 
> intel integrated graphics card to play nice with Gnome+X. Is there a 
> video_card= option for that? The only examples the docs give are for ATI
and Nvidia.
> This is a laptop, if it makes any kind of difference.

  echo 'VIDEO_CARDS="i810 intel"' >> /etc/make.conf

(i810 is for older ebuilds only)

Then just re-emerge X, I presume?

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Mittwoch 10 Juni 2009, James Homuth wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Kazantsev [mailto:mk.fraggod@gmail.com]
> Sent: June 10, 2009 3:41 AM
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?
>
> On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:35:58 -0400
>
> "James Homuth" <james@the-jdh.com> wrote:
> > Lspci worked. Now to figure out how in the hell to get my apparently
> > intel integrated graphics card to play nice with Gnome+X. Is there a
> > video_card= option for that? The only examples the docs give are for ATI
>
> and Nvidia.
>
> > This is a laptop, if it makes any kind of difference.
>
>   echo 'VIDEO_CARDS="i810 intel"' >> /etc/make.conf
>
> (i810 is for older ebuilds only)
>
> Then just re-emerge X, I presume?

no, mesa. And install the intel drivers.

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:10:27 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:

> >   echo 'VIDEO_CARDS="i810 intel"' >> /etc/make.conf
> >
> > (i810 is for older ebuilds only)
> >
> > Then just re-emerge X, I presume?  
> 
> no, mesa. And install the intel drivers.

Or emerge -uavDN world and let portage decide what needs to be
(re)installed.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

The considered application of terror is also a form of communication.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?

[Dale]

James Homuth wrote:
>  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Carter [mailto:Adam.Carter@optus.com.au] 
> Sent: June 10, 2009 3:18 AM
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?
>
> lspci | grep VGA
>
> Or if that doesn't work
>
> lshw -class display
>
>
> Lspci worked. Now to figure out how in the hell to get my apparently intel
> integrated graphics card to play nice with Gnome+X. Is there a video_card=
> option for that? The only examples the docs give are for ATI and Nvidia.
> This is a laptop, if it makes any kind of difference.
>
>
>
>   

These are the available options that I know of:

VIDEO_CARDS="nv nvidia -apm -ark -chips -cirrus -cyrix -dummy -epson
-fbdev -fglrx -glint -i128 -i740 (-impact) -imstt -intel -mach64 -mga
-neomagic (-newport) -nsc -r128 -radeon -rendition -s3 -s3virge -savage
-siliconmotion -sis -sisusb (-sunbw2) (-suncg14) (-suncg3) (-suncg6)
(-sunffb) (-sunleo) (-suntcx) -tdfx -tga -trident -tseng -v4l -vesa -vga
-via -vmware -voodoo"

I would start with intel but I think i128 and i740 are Intel as well. 
You may want to enable vesa as a second option.  Sort of a back up to
intel and vesa.  At least you will have some sort of driver while trying
to get the best one working.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Best way to determine what video card I have?

[Mike Kazantsev]

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On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:50:24 -0400
"James Homuth" <james@the-jdh.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to set up X on my system, and am not entirely
> sure which video card I have.

These days X is clever enough to choose appropriate driver for you.
I'd suggest to build X with following video drivers: "intel radeon nv
nvidia sis via xgi vesa", since that covers 90% (or even more) of modern
built-in video adapters.
Then issue "X -configure" as root and X will produce appropriate
xorg.conf in "/root/xorg.conf.new" with all the possible parameters for
your card, so you won't have to figure them out yourself.
You can also remove all the drivers but the one chosen by X and "vesa"
(in case something breaks or you get a new card) afterwards.

-- 
Mike Kazantsev // fraggod.net

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