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Alex edited this page May 14, 2015 · 3 revisions

Intel graphics usually works very well with linux.
This is what you need to do to have the best of you graphics card.

Installation

You basically need to install:

  • xf86-video-intel
  • xf86-input-evdev

Tips

If you are seeing you screen tearing, you should add these lines:

Section "Device"
   Identifier  "Intel Graphics"
   Driver      "intel"
   Option      "TearFree"    "true"
EndSection   

In your xorg.conf or in a separated e.g /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-intel.conf file.
This will prevent you screen from tearing.

Note: The instructions described above should work in 90% or more of cases. If you still have issues (particularly on laptops), check your dmesg and Xorg.log for errors related to the video driver. See whether X is booting with VESA, the Framebuffer, or with the Intel Driver. All three should work... At least one individual has resolved his Intel video driver issues on Sabotage by recompiling the kernel and migrated to Linux Kernel version 4.1 -- which has the latest patches from Intel. Lower hanging fruit is to first attempt to get the VESA or framebuffer device working, and try the steps listed above.