[SOLVED] Trouble with intel integrated graphics.

arcon · 2013-09-19 18:16:51

karol wrote:

SNA is the default in Arch now https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/36466

none i'm aware of but *Now* Thanks

@OP :- then try UXA but SNA is default so i don't know what to suggest more but, Hey!! do tell us, about how you are starting X.

mar04 · 2013-09-19 19:37:27

You may try setpci, it worked for me once when I needed to boot linux on crappy eMachines laptop with intel graphics. There is also i915.invert_brightness=1 kernel parameter.

TovenaarKlus · 2013-09-19 21:24:26

Just a quick update - I have not had time to look into anything in detail.
I have just configured the system, and I was trying to set up a graphical enviroment. I just used the 'startx' command.
I am not using a display manager, I was referring to the login console line. It was showing up in my screen's native resolution instead of the oversized fonts I have been getting without using the driver.
And for the config file karol pointed out - it does not seem to exist on my install.
I will have a more detailed look tomorrow, thank you all for your replies

karol · 2013-09-19 21:34:52

This is the way you can change e.g. acceleration method, just create this file:

Section "Device"
  Identifier  "Intel Graphics"
  Driver      "intel"
  Option      "AccelMethod"  "uxa"
EndSection

arcon · 2013-09-20 02:44:30

TovenaarKlus wrote:

I have just configured the system, and I was trying to set up a graphical enviroment.

This seems like, you are being a help vampire
First i suggest you to read Forum Etiquette
and Intel
and DE
and WM

You need to tell us more about, what DE or WM you are using. "It is important".

TovenaarKlus wrote:

And for the config file karol pointed out - it does not seem to exist on my install.

Read this Intel
Although, you need to create a file:

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf

having the contents of above posted post by karol for UXA.

EDIT: forget to mention it before.

TovenaarKlus wrote:

I just used the 'startx' command.

what's in your .xinitrc file.

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nomorewindows · 2013-09-20 14:07:10

/etc/mkinitcpio.conf should have i915, intel_agp and drm_kms_helper.
It might be the drm you're missing.

arcon · 2013-09-20 14:31:35

nomorewindows wrote:

/etc/mkinitcpio.conf should have i915, intel_agp and drm_kms_helper.
It might be the drm you're missing.

I don't even have i915 and in my /etc/mkinitcpio.conf

MODULES=""

and every thing runs fine "i think" Is that normal??

karol · 2013-09-20 14:37:00

What's the output of

lsmod | grep i915

nomorewindows · 2013-09-20 14:42:42

arcon wrote:

nomorewindows wrote:
/etc/mkinitcpio.conf should have i915, intel_agp and drm_kms_helper.
It might be the drm you're missing.
I don't even have i915 and in my /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
MODULES=""
and every thing runs fine "i think" Is that normal??

It will prevent or at least it was what needed previously for having something other than a blank screen at startup. It would also be corrected if the computer booted into xdm/slim/whatever. It may not be so much any more. Once the computer successfully boots up, it will load whatever modules it needs that aren't yet loaded.
You do have intel-dri installed?

arcon · 2013-09-20 14:59:42

karol wrote:

What's the output of
lsmod | grep i915

Yes, i915, drm, drm_kms_helper, intel_agp are all in loaded modules.

nomorewindows wrote:

You do have intel-dri installed?

yes, Installed!!

nomorewindows wrote:

Once the computer successfully boots up, it will load whatever modules it needs that aren't yet loaded.

So, i'm just wondering what makes my system to load these modules at startup??

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nomorewindows · 2013-09-20 15:09:54

arcon wrote:

karol wrote:
What's the output of
lsmod | grep i915
Yes, i915, drm, drm_kms_helper, intel_agp are all in loaded modules.
nomorewindows wrote:
You do have intel-dri installed?
yes, Installed!!
nomorewindows wrote:
Once the computer successfully boots up, it will load whatever modules it needs that aren't yet loaded.
So, i'm just wondering what makes my system to load these modules at startup??

Apparently, you aren't having the problems that OP is.

arcon · 2013-09-20 15:47:22

nomorewindows wrote:

Apparently, you aren't having the problems that OP is.

Not now but, in my early days of Arch Linux i also fall in this kinda situation (but with GNOME) and only fix for me at that time was :

pacman -Syu
creating an .xinitrc with "exec dwm" (here dwm is my window manager) in it.
and having an /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf with "sna", uxa was the default one then.

TovenaarKlus · 2013-09-20 16:42:54

arcon wrote:

TovenaarKlus wrote:
I have just configured the system, and I was trying to set up a graphical enviroment.
This seems like, you are being a help vampire

Well I'm not sure what counts as a help vampire in the arch community, but it is not like I just installed arch, did not know how to do this and just asked for help. I have already set up arch multiple times on my desktop, on a bootable usb drive and on my raspberry pi. I just never encountered a problem like this, and I did spend about two full days looking for a solution, which failed by just using my - limited - knowledge.
If that is being a help vampire, then I am sincerely sorry.

nomorewindows wrote:

/etc/mkinitcpio.conf should have i915, intel_agp and drm_kms_helper.
It might be the drm you're missing.

I tried this, but it did not seem to help. I am still getting these error messages, which may be of relevance as Lone_Wolf pointed out:
[ 0.378083] [drm:drm_pci_agp_init] *ERROR* Cannot initialize the agpgart module.
[ 0.378127] DRM: Fill_in_dev failed.

headkase wrote:

Kernel Mode Setting is required for the Intel driver. Must have it. So, the new issue is to find a way to boot your system with mode setting enabled. Then, once that way is found, you'll be ready to tackle the driver if it is still acting up.

I assume this indeed is the case, and if so, any of the X settings won't help, would they? Nevertheless, I tried changing the rendermode but it did not help either.
Also, my .xinitrc is empty. I'm just trying to get X working. So I'm not using any DE or WM - of which I do indeed know what they are and have read the wiki articles on them, arcon ;-).

Lone_Wolf · 2013-09-20 17:32:39

I agree with Headkase, the problem is your system doesn't boot with KMS . X11 related options won't help with that problem.

TovenaarKlus,

i've tried modinfo agpgart , but that module doesn't seem to be present in archlinux kernel anymore.

The date of the thread linked by skanky is 2011-12-17 , and at that time arch was on kernel 3.1.4-1 .

You could roll your own kernel and enable that module, but i think it's better to verify that module solves the problem first.
The 3.0.x lts kernel used on arch until very recently seems worth a shot.

look here for it : http://repo-arm-download.archlinuxcn.or … os/x86_64/
if you're running 32-bit , use this link http://repo-arm-download.archlinuxcn.org/core/os/i686/

arcon · 2013-09-20 17:53:52

It's better to learn rule's before playing the game, i did not, and i stumble on the road, i fall in the black hole , i came down through the hurricane and now with cocky hair i tell every one, please "It's better to learn rule's before playing the game". SO, if you know the rule's "good for you".

TovenaarKlus wrote:

I have already set up arch multiple times on my desktop, on a bootable usb drive and on my raspberry pi.

So, did you run X there, and did you compare those systems to check what's the real reason of your problem.

TovenaarKlus wrote:

Also, my .xinitrc is empty. I'm just trying to get X working. So I'm not using any DE or WM - of which I do indeed know what they are and have read the wiki articles on them, arcon ;-).

So, your .xinitrc file is empty and you are not using *any* DE or WM (please correct me). So my only question here is what on the earth you are trying to make X to do.

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TovenaarKlus · 2013-09-21 16:21:21

After rereading this topic I noted I forgot to try this:

mar04 wrote:

There is also i915.invert_brightness=1 kernel parameter.

This solved the problem.
Thank you all for your replies and efforts to solve this silly problem - I'm sorry I wasted your time on something as silly as this.

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