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From: thelma@×××××××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Video card setting on XPS8940?
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 06:51:05
Message-Id: d7c1ce79-28a9-cfe3-0711-96a1fecf856f@sys-concept.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Video card setting on XPS8940? by Walter Dnes
1 On 12/20/2020 11:41 PM, Walter Dnes wrote:
2 > I'm working on setting up a new Dell XPS 8940. What do I set the
3 > video options to in the kernel and in "VIDEO_CARDS" in make.conf?
4 > Here's the output from "lspci -v".
5 >
6 > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 9bc8 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
7 > DeviceName: Onboard - Video
8 > Subsystem: Dell Device 09c5
9 > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 255
10 > Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
11 > Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
12 > I/O ports at 4000 [size=64]
13 > Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=128K]
14 > Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
15 > Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
16 > Capabilities: [ac] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
17 > Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
18 > Capabilities: [100] Process Address Space ID (PASID)
19 > Capabilities: [200] Address Translation Service (ATS)
20 > Capabilities: [300] Page Request Interface (PRI)
21
22 I think you have to enable: CONFIG_DRM_I915 in kernel .config
23
24 VIDEO_CARDS="intel i915"
25
26 See:
27 https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/DRM_I915.html

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