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saman_artorious

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Registered: 2013-05-30

Posts: 31

installing video driver on ARCH Linux

I have Arch Linux installed in console mode on an Intel-PC machine. My task is to write and run an OpenGL display program on the machine to check whether it meets the following conditions:

It would take at most 10% of total CPU usage
It would take at most 20% of total RAM

Here are more info about the device:

uname -a
3.6.5-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 31 .. x86_64 GNU/Linux

cpu MHz: 1866.717 RAM : 2GB Preemptible: YES

lspci -v | grep -i graphic*

VGA compatible controller: intel corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
(same for Subsystem and Graphics Controller)

Now, what I want if to install the relevant graphics driver. However, I cannot do anything as it is run in console mode. It has no X window. I try ALT+F8 but it does not start X window. also tried startx,but I get

-bash:startx: command not found

Could anyone guide me how to install the graphics driver please. Considering that I think the kernel is compiled in preemptive mode.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: installing video driver on ARCH Linux

Please read the wiki, Arch doesn't come with X preinstalled, you need to install it yourself. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … stallation
First, please update your system.