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oldtimeyjunk

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Install all Video Drivers?

Hi, I'm working on a little system that runs on a USB Drive.
There's just one problem. I'd like to be able to install all the video drivers, but I'll have to type them all out individually. Is there any package that will do this or will the Vesa driver just be enough?

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Install all Video Drivers?

I think xorg-drivers package has them all.

[karol@black ~]$ pacman -Sg xorg-drivers
xorg-drivers xf86-input-acecad
xorg-drivers xf86-input-aiptek
xorg-drivers xf86-input-evdev
xorg-drivers xf86-input-joystick
xorg-drivers xf86-input-keyboard
xorg-drivers xf86-input-mouse
xorg-drivers xf86-input-synaptics
xorg-drivers xf86-input-vmmouse
xorg-drivers xf86-input-void
xorg-drivers xf86-video-apm
xorg-drivers xf86-video-ark
xorg-drivers xf86-video-ast
xorg-drivers xf86-video-ati
xorg-drivers xf86-video-chips
xorg-drivers xf86-video-cirrus
xorg-drivers xf86-video-dummy
xorg-drivers xf86-video-fbdev
xorg-drivers xf86-video-glint
xorg-drivers xf86-video-i128
xorg-drivers xf86-video-i740
xorg-drivers xf86-video-intel
xorg-drivers xf86-video-mach64
xorg-drivers xf86-video-mga
xorg-drivers xf86-video-neomagic
xorg-drivers xf86-video-nv
xorg-drivers xf86-video-r128
xorg-drivers xf86-video-rendition
xorg-drivers xf86-video-s3
xorg-drivers xf86-video-s3virge
xorg-drivers xf86-video-savage
xorg-drivers xf86-video-siliconmotion
xorg-drivers xf86-video-sis
xorg-drivers xf86-video-sisusb
xorg-drivers xf86-video-tdfx
xorg-drivers xf86-video-trident
xorg-drivers xf86-video-tseng
xorg-drivers xf86-video-v4l
xorg-drivers xf86-video-vesa
xorg-drivers xf86-video-vmware
xorg-drivers xf86-video-voodoo
xorg-drivers xf86-video-xgi
xorg-drivers xf86-video-xgixp
xorg-drivers xf86-input-acecad
xorg-drivers xf86-input-aiptek
xorg-drivers xf86-input-evdev
xorg-drivers xf86-input-joystick
xorg-drivers xf86-input-keyboard
xorg-drivers xf86-input-mouse
xorg-drivers xf86-input-synaptics
xorg-drivers xf86-input-vmmouse
xorg-drivers xf86-input-void
xorg-drivers xf86-video-apm
xorg-drivers xf86-video-ark
xorg-drivers xf86-video-ast
xorg-drivers xf86-video-ati
xorg-drivers xf86-video-chips
xorg-drivers xf86-video-cirrus
xorg-drivers xf86-video-dummy
xorg-drivers xf86-video-fbdev
xorg-drivers xf86-video-geode
xorg-drivers xf86-video-glint
xorg-drivers xf86-video-i128
xorg-drivers xf86-video-i740
xorg-drivers xf86-video-intel
xorg-drivers xf86-video-mach64
xorg-drivers xf86-video-mga
xorg-drivers xf86-video-neomagic
xorg-drivers xf86-video-nv
xorg-drivers xf86-video-r128
xorg-drivers xf86-video-rendition
xorg-drivers xf86-video-s3
xorg-drivers xf86-video-s3virge
xorg-drivers xf86-video-savage
xorg-drivers xf86-video-siliconmotion
xorg-drivers xf86-video-sis
xorg-drivers xf86-video-sisusb
xorg-drivers xf86-video-tdfx
xorg-drivers xf86-video-trident
xorg-drivers xf86-video-tseng
xorg-drivers xf86-video-v4l
xorg-drivers xf86-video-vesa
xorg-drivers xf86-video-vmware
xorg-drivers xf86-video-voodoo
xorg-drivers xf86-video-xgi
xorg-drivers xf86-video-xgixp

but it has all the input drivers as well.

Last edited by karol (2011-10-11 15:40:29)

MrCode

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Registered: 2010-02-06

Posts: 373

Re: Install all Video Drivers?

…an idea for automating it:

pacman -S `pacman -Sg xorg-drivers | grep "video" | sed "s/xorg\-drivers//g" | tr "\n" " "`

I'm not sure if the tr at the end is necessary.  Run at your own risk.

EDIT: note that the pipeline is enclosed in backticks.  I just find them easier to type than $().

Last edited by MrCode (2011-10-11 16:23:44)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Install all Video Drivers?

xorg-drivers group provides only open-source drivers, e.g. nvidia is not there, but nouveau is.

pacman -S $(pacman -Sgq xorg-drivers | grep xf86-video)

should work. I prefer'--quiet' switch: '-Sgq' to '-Sg' + sed ... and no backticks of course ;P

Last edited by karol (2011-10-11 16:32:08)

MrCode

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Registered: 2010-02-06

Posts: 373

Re: Install all Video Drivers?

I prefer'--quiet' switch: '-Sgq' to '-Sg' + sed ... and no backticks of course ;P

I hadn't thought of that; I was just going off your initial reply to the OP.  I don't find myself using many of pacman's more "obscure" options, so it didn't occur to me that you could suppress printing the group name.

As to the problem of no nvidia, fglrx, etc., it shouldn't be hard to just append those to the command line after the pipeline, no?  AFAIK those are the only two proprietary ones you'd need to worry about…could be wrong, though.

HirnBrot

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Registered: 2010-09-22

Posts: 13

Re: Install all Video Drivers?

The problem with nvidia at least is that it uses it's own version of libgl, called nvidia-utils.
This therefore conflicts, so afaik you can't have both xorg-drivers and nvidia installed.

I made a small live-system as well, and I just went with xf86-nouveau, since this works well enough for most nvidia-cards.
It might not be as fast or featureful, but with nouveau-dri 3d-acceleration is working, and gnome3 and the likes with it.