[CentOS] Updating intel graphics driver on CentOS7

Wed Sep 23 09:38:19 UTC 2015
Nux! <nux at li.nux.ro>

Hello,

In the past upgrading the kernel, not necesarily the driver has helped me (running C7 on Intel Baytrail NUC).
Can you try kernel-ml from ElRepo and see if there's improvement?

Lucian

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----- Original Message -----
> From: "C. L. Martinez" <carlopmart at gmail.com>
> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, 23 September, 2015 09:22:47
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Updating intel graphics driver on CentOS7

> On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 7:39 AM, Fabian Arrotin <arrfab at centos.org> wrote:
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>> On 23/09/15 08:00, C. L. Martinez wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Is it possible to upgrade intel X11 org driver on CentOS7?? Maybe
>>> with elrepo's packages:
>>> http://elrepo.org/linux/extras/el7/x86_64/RPMS/xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.99.916-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm??
>>>
>>>  It seems it doesn't exists driver in the upstream:
>>> https://01.org/linuxgraphics
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>
>> Well, that package is older as the one in the current CentOs 7 distro :
>> xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.99.916-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
>> vs
>> xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.99.916-5.el7.x86_64
>>
>> Are you searching for the 2.99.917 one ?
>>
> 
> Thanks to both. Fabian, I am searching a driver that simply works :))
> My laptop has a Hasweel motherboard with an Intel Graphics HD 4400:
> 
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT DRAM Controller (rev 09)
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT
> Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
> 00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller (rev 09)
> 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series USB xHCI HC (rev 04)
> 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series HECI #0 (rev 04)
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series HD Audio Controller (rev 04)
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev e4)
> 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev e4)
> 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series USB EHCI #1 (rev 04)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series LPC Controller (rev 04)
> 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series SATA Controller 1
> [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8 Series SMBus Controller (rev 04)
> 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM57786
> Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
> 01:00.1 SD Host controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM57765/57785
> SDXC/MMC Card Reader (rev 01)
> 02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless
> Network Adapter (rev 01)
> 
> and, my screen is "blurry" with the actual driver.
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