Re: [gentoo-user] Video card setting on XPS8940?

[thelma@sys-concept.com]

On 12/20/2020 11:51 PM, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
> On 12/20/2020 11:41 PM, Walter Dnes wrote:
>>   I'm working on setting up a new Dell XPS 8940.  What do I set the
>> video options to in the kernel and in "VIDEO_CARDS" in make.conf?
>> Here's the output from "lspci -v".
>>
>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 9bc8 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>>         DeviceName: Onboard - Video
>>         Subsystem: Dell Device 09c5
>>         Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 255
>>         Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
>>         Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
>>         I/O ports at 4000 [size=64]
>>         Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=128K]
>>         Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
>>         Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
>>         Capabilities: [ac] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
>>         Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
>>         Capabilities: [100] Process Address Space ID (PASID)
>>         Capabilities: [200] Address Translation Service (ATS)
>>         Capabilities: [300] Page Request Interface (PRI)
> 
> I think you have to enable: CONFIG_DRM_I915 in kernel .config
> 
> VIDEO_CARDS="intel i915"
> 
> See:
> https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/DRM_I915.html

Or:
VIDEO_CARDS="intel i965"