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Joel

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From: Tijuana, BC, México

Registered: 2011-12-21

Posts: 122

Changing driver from i915 to i965

Hi, guys. This is what I have:
# lspci -k

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel modules: i915

So, before do anything stupid I prefer to ask: What would happen (if possible, ofcourse) if I change my driver to i965? Would i965 emule or behave like i915?
Thanks for the info.

Last edited by Joel (2021-12-22 19:31:31)

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* PC: Intel Core 2 DUO E6550 @ 2.33 GHz with 2 GB RAM: Archlinux-i686 with xfce4.
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Head_on_a_Stick

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From: The Wirral

Registered: 2014-02-20

Posts: 8,842

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Re: Changing driver from i915 to i965

i965 is a Mesa driver and i915 is a kernel driver. Both are needed and they are not interchangeable.

See also https://blogs.igalia.com/itoral/2014/07 … ics-stack/

EDIT: for recent Intel graphics hardware the Iris driver is preferred over i965. See the ArchWiki for more on this.

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2021-12-22 19:31:46)

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Joel

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From: Tijuana, BC, México

Registered: 2011-12-21

Posts: 122

Re: Changing driver from i915 to i965

OK, ok. I understand. Thanks for the info.

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* PC: Intel Core 2 DUO E6550 @ 2.33 GHz with 2 GB RAM: Archlinux-i686 with xfce4.
* Laptop: Intel Core 2 DUO T6600 @ 2.20 GHz with 4 GB RAM: Archlinux-x86-64 with xfce4.
* AUR contributor.