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On Mon, May 29 2017, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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> On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 10:58 AM, allan gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote: |
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>> Dell latitude E7450 with intel 915 graphics, gnome 3, systemd. |
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>> lspci: |
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>> VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 5500 (rev 09) |
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>> I just bought a new dell 34" curved monitor (U3417). |
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>> It's max res is 3440X2560, but at that res it complains that no signal |
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>> is coming. It works fine at other res (including 2560x1440). |
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>> The dell manual says to get new drivers and I am indeed running an old |
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>> kernel, 3.18.16-gentoo. The highest stable is 4.9.16 and I am planning |
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>> to build and employ it this summer. |
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>> Has high res support been added to the intel graphics driver? |
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>> thanks, |
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>> allan |
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> You don't need the Intel graphics driver, they are actually deprecated [1]. |
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> Just set your VIDEO_CARDS to: |
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> VIDEO_CARDS="intel i965" |
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> and do emerge -uDNvp @world; when you do emerge --depclean, |
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> xf86-video-intel will be uninstalled. |
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> The built-in modesetting driver is the one recommended; I'm pretty sure it |
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> will support the maximum res of your new monitor. |
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> Regards. |
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Canek, |
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Thank you very much! |
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allan |
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