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jammy

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Registered: 2023-05-28

Posts: 12

[SOLVED] Right Graphics driver for Intel iris xe?

Hello, my laptop has Intel Iris Xe Graphics. How do I check whether I am using the most suitable driver for it?
I have this .drirc file in my home directory:

<driconf>
        <device driver="loader" kernel_driver="i915">
                <option name="dri_driver" value="i915" />
        </device>
</driconf>

Without this file my DE (I use KDE Plasma) won't work properly: there will be glitches, problems hovering, and general problems concerning graphics
Here is some output from neofetch so you can get a sense of my system

                 `ooo/                   OS: Arch Linux x86_64 
                `+oooo:                  Host: HUMA H4 V5.2 V1.09.X 
               `+oooooo:                 Kernel: 6.3.4-arch1-1 
               -+oooooo+:                Uptime: 43 mins 
             `/:-:++oooo+:               Packages: 1287 (pacman) 
            `/++++/+++++++:              Shell: bash 5.1.16 
           `/++++++++++++++:             Resolution: 1920x1080 
          `/+++ooooooooooooo/`           DE: Plasma 5.27.5 
         ./ooosssso++osssssso+`          WM: KWin 
        .oossssso-````/ossssss+`         Theme: [Plasma], Breeze [GTK2/3] 
       -osssssso.      :ssssssso.        Icons: [Plasma], breeze-dark [GTK2/3] 
      :osssssss/        osssso+++.       Terminal: konsole 
     /ossssssss/        +ssssooo/-       CPU: 12th Gen Intel i7-1255U (12) @ 4.700GHz 
   `/ossssso+/:-        -:/+osssso+-     GPU: Intel Alder Lake-UP3 GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] 
  `+sso+:-`                 `.-/+oso:    Memory: 2097MiB / 31838MiB 

Last edited by jammy (2024-04-12 12:50:12)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Registered: 2014-02-20

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Re: [SOLVED] Right Graphics driver for Intel iris xe?

I have this .drirc file in my home directory:

<driconf>
        <device driver="loader" kernel_driver="i915">
                <option name="dri_driver" value="i915" />
        </device>
</driconf>

The i915 Mesa driver is for Gen 3 hardware. I think your card should be using the iris driver.

Without this file my DE (I use KDE Plasma) won't work properly: there will be glitches, problems hovering, and general problems concerning graphics

Is that X or Wayland? If you're using X with the xf86-video-intel package installed then either remove that package or switch to Wayland.

Please provide more detail about these glitches and "general problems".

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jammy

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Registered: 2023-05-28

Posts: 12

Re: [SOLVED] Right Graphics driver for Intel iris xe?

Hey,
Yes it's xorg. I checked and I don't have the xf86-video-intel package.
I just removed the .drirc file and nothing problematic happened after a reboot. Maybe I had the package you mentioned at the time I tested without the .drirc file. After removing the file, I noticed performance improvements. Sorry for the confusion & thanks for the help!

Head_on_a_Stick

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Registered: 2014-02-20

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Re: [SOLVED] Right Graphics driver for Intel iris xe?

You're welcome. Please edit the title of the thread (in the first post) and prepend [SOLVED] to help others who encounter this issue.

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