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How to enable OpenGL rendering on Fedora 18 with an Intel Corporation 82852/855GM?

On an older laptop that runs Fedora 18, and has a Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device, I cannot get OpenGL to run on it. In fact, I have no 3D acceleration whatsoever. I have ...
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How do I configure Xen GPU passthrough for my AMD Radeon GPU?

I have an Ubuntu Server 12.10 setup with Xen 4.2.0 installed (compiled from source) and an AMD Radeon 7750 GPU. My Xen installation appears to be working and I can create virtual machines for example. ...
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How to make changes in nvidia-settings tool persistent

I want to disable VSync (it's called "Sync to VBlank" in nvidia-settings) for my nvidia graphics card. But the configuration only takes effect if I start the nvidia-settings tool. After rebooting ...
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cinnamon doesn't start, bumblebee problem

I have Linux Mint 13 64 bit version with cinnamon, NVdia Geforce 320m, proprietary driver 304.54 if I'm not mistaken. I installed bumblebee following this guide: sudo add-apt-repository ...
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How do I make the CLI run on dedicated graphics?

I just finished my Gentoo minimal install and the first thing I wonder is why I get no picture. I did have signal on the live CD, so that was pretty odd. I plugged the monitor into the Intel HD ...
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modetest.c from libdrm tests lists no framebuffers

I wanted to play with KMS since it seems to be the preferred low-level graphics library on Linux. However, after compiling the appropriate modetest.c version (2.4.32, since that's the version of ...
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grub2 ubuntu 12.04.2 flashing screen

Okay, so I've been searching a bit and either by my lack of understanding (I know just enough to be about as dangerous as a fluffy kitten) or because I am just not searching for the right stuff (maybe ...
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Where do the device option values beginning with “Monitor-xyz” come from in xorg.conf?

Trying to install prop drivers for my Radeon HD6850 card on crunchbang (debian-based linux). Followed these instructions for install from repo and used aticonfig instead of amdconfig to create an ...
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Is there a way to undo VGA adapter modesetting in Linux

I'm looking for a way to reset the graphics adapter to textmode after it has been set to some sort of graphical mode by the kernel on bootup, and possibly used by an X server. Is there any code to do ...
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RHEL6.2 stuck at Starting virt-who when booting

I'm using the 32 bit version of RHEL6.2. I had to install the drivers for my Nvidia graphics card, after which everything was working fine, until today when wanted to install truecrypt, and it ...
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after enabling Xinerama (in AMD condor Dual-Head Graphics Card) the system graphics hangs

I have a problem in my AMD Condor Dual-Head Graphics Card When I enable Xinerama from "System → Preferences → AMD Catalyst Control center (Administrative)" my RHEL Server 6.3 (x64) Graphics hangs. ...
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How to run cinnamon properly?

I am running cinnamon fallback, the output of inxi -SGx is System: Host: elie-Hp Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.6.3) Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 13 Maya Graphics: Card-1: ...
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Which driver for Intel HD Graphics should I install?

Recently, I have replaced my old motherboard Giga G41M + Pentium 5500 CPU with the new Giga B75M + Celeron G540 CPU. The old motherboard has an on-board GPU, Intel GMA X4500. The new motherboard has ...
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XDMX Setup Help

I have been searching for some time now, but apparently I am not using the proper words. I am trying to setup a cluster with xdmx to display all of the information from my head node, but I am only ...
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strange noise in some gui programs

I have Debian testing, I use XFCE. Recently, shortly after dist-upgrade, I noticed that XFCE terminal has some noise in it - especially near the end of long lines or when I use midnight commander. The ...
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How to force Intel GMA 3150 use only fixed rectangle of the screen e

I have Atom N455 with Intel GMA 3150 and Debian 6 xfce x64. It's connected to 1680x1050 display by VGA cable. The problem is that the screen looks blurry (on Win also). I found that the maximum ...
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LMDE, Graphics with i915 and KMS: DVI not working on tty consoles

I already asked the same question at Super User, but I think it's better suited here, sorry: I have some problems getting the DVI output of my onboard Intel graphics device running when using KMS. ...
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Getting better resolution on OpenSolaris.2009.06?

I am running OpenSolaris.2009.06 on Dell PowerEdge T410 server (x86 machine). It has Matrox G200 video card. Currently I am getting a maximum of 1024 * 800 screen resolution. There is no xorg.conf ...
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Fedora 14 graphics issue

I have an HP 3031-et series laptop. My hardware is: Intel i5 460M 3 GB DDR3 RAM Graphic Cards: ATI Radeon 5650 HD and Intel HD Graphics I installed Fedora 14 on my hardware, and after installation ...
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How to use nVIDIA drivers on Ubuntu 12.04?

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 x64 on my ASUS G75-VW with nVIDIA GTX670M. I have installed nvidia drivers via terminal and additional drivers, terminal says nothing to upgrade, additional drivers shows that ...
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What distro has excellent AMD PowerXpress support?

I have a laptop with an AMD 6630M/Sandy Bridge hybrid GPU. I've struggled in Ubuntu to get fglrx installed. It would run on the discrete card in 12.10, and wouldn't work at all in 13.04. I'm ...
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How to install driver for my Intel series PC

I installed Linux on an Intel Panel PC. Jockey cannot detect any drivers. I do not know how to install my graphics driver first so that I am be able to install touch screen. Here's some info from ...
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ATI/AMD driver problem: Screens turn black/random colors random times

We've recently installed Linux Mint 13 64bit Mate on a Dell Studio 1558. We have since had issues with getting the drivers for the graphics card (ATI Radeon HD 5400) to work. Installing the Linux Mint ...
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Video Gibberish (once every week or two)

Trying to track down an odd video problem. I was running Ubuntu (Precise Penguin) before and running Lucid before that. In both cases the video was running fine (over the last two years). However ...
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Fedora 16 Screen Issue

I have installed Fedora 16 recently, at first time login it was working fine. But when I restarted and after I gave user name and password, the home screen comes but its shaking rapidly and I am ...
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all type of image files stop loading

I am working on my newly installed wine. when i tried to run a game , called "road rash" through wine, my screen resolution got change and after few seconds game stop working. Then my most of image ...