So I installed this package. But unlike the guy in that post, my glxinfo still shows "Mesa/X.org" as OpenGL vendor string and "llvmpipe" as renderer string.
Soo... Has the graphics card removed from the driver? Can I install some more ancient driver? Am 2. Oktober 2021 02:12:16 MESZ schrieb Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org>: >> Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> wrote: >> > You probably just need firmware. Use "dmesg | grep -i firmware" to >> > verify this. > >On Fri, Oct 01, 2021 at 11:32:57PM +0000, Nils wrote: >> Well, this command gets me no output at all! >> Maybe these Intel Xtreme graphics cards are simply too weak for Linux and >> Windows can handle them better? > >On Fri, Oct 01, 2021 at 11:40:16PM +0000, Tuxifan wrote: >> Additional info, here is my "lspci -nn": >> > 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE >> > DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface [8086:2560] (rev 03) >> > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation >> > 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device [8086:2562] >> > (rev 03) > >This is an old chipset, which explains why it doesn't need any firmware. > >I found a 10 year old forum thread where someone with this chipset had >problems, with no resolution: ><https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=71083> > >Of course, that's 10 years ago. Here's a 9 year old thread from someone >who got things to be "less bad" by installing some missing packages: ><https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/3d-acceleration-with-intel-corporation-82845g-gl%5Bbrookdale-g%5D-4175410707/> > >You could check glxinfo (from mesa-utils) and see whether direct >rendering is working at all. It might also be worth looking at your >Xorg.0.log file and see if it has any useful errors or warnings. > >I'm not an expert on decades-old Intel video hardware, but everything I've >heard about it over the years says that it was notoriously bad. Maybe >you can find some way to make it less bad, but it's definitely never going >to be *great*. > >If you don't get the answers you're looking for here, you might need to >seek out people who know more about running Linux/X11 on museum-age >Intel devices. >
