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yaoweizhen

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Registered: 2008-04-02

Posts: 14

Is my intel grahics loaded correct driver?

I used hwd -s to output my hardware info:

VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation module: i810 
Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller

But my system always loads i915 driver.

lsmod | grep 915

i915                   31232  2 
drm                   74280  3 i915

System used this driver working well. I just want to know why?

bender02

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From: UK

Registered: 2007-02-04

Posts: 1,328

Re: Is my intel grahics loaded correct driver?

I guess because the hwd program shouldn't be taken too seriously.

brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

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Re: Is my intel grahics loaded correct driver?

The i915 driver is versatile, look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log

(II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810,
    i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G,
    E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, IGD_GM, IGD_G, 965G, G35,
    965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33,
    Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset,
    Intel Integrated Graphics Device, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41

bender02

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From: UK

Registered: 2007-02-04

Posts: 1,328

Re: Is my intel grahics loaded correct driver?

@brebs: well, strictly speaking, i915 (that OP is referring to) is a kernel driver (and there's also kernel's i810), and what you wrote is about the xorg's intel driver.

yaoweizhen

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Registered: 2008-04-02

Posts: 14

Re: Is my intel grahics loaded correct driver?

I updated hwd and run hwd -s again. The info changed.

Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller server: XFree86 (intel)

I have tried xf86-video-intel and xf86-video-intel-legacy. They both worked.