jts
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Post by jts on Mar 6, 2023 20:02:49 GMT
Hi,
I was very happy for this light distribution, running quicly on my old HW used to make Samsung TV with no OS smart.
The problem is with this:
sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade or sudo apt-get update
probably new kernel does not include proprietary driver. Is it possible make update without rewriting the driver?
Here are the information about OS and driver after instalatin in internal HDD before update:
~$ uname -r
5.4.0-72-generic
$ lspci -vnn | grep VGA -A 12
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a001] (rev 02) (prog-if 00
VGA controller])
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:574d]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at e0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
I/O ports at 20c0 [size=8]
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at e0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
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enigma9o7
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Post by enigma9o7 on Mar 7, 2023 3:42:46 GMT
The driver you are using does not appear to be proprietary. It appears you are using the open source Intel i915 kernel driver, that is built into linux kernel, so update is no issue.
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jts
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Post by jts on Mar 14, 2023 18:15:58 GMT
Thanks for your answer, but really always after
sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade or sudo apt-get update
The 3D akceleration is disabled. I tried two times. Tested for example with simple well Linux miltuidstribution support application "Supertux". It works only before update. After update is not possible not only to play this simple 2D game, besides you have to wait minutes to setup "Leave game"
Now the output asking for 3D rendering is all right
!navsteva@navsteva-loznice:~$ glxinfo | grep "direct rendering"
direct rendering: Yes
Haw to disable to change this setup due to
"sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade or sudo apt-get update" ?
Thank you.
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enigma9o7
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Post by enigma9o7 on Mar 14, 2023 19:06:43 GMT
First off, "sudo apt update" and "sudo apt-get update" do the same thing. And they just update the database of available software, it doesn't affect or install or upgrade anything.
Note if you use "sudo apt dist-upgrade" instead of "sudo apt upgrade" it will offer to remove things, so be extra careful approving that. I personally only use dist-upgrade when I see something held back, and then pay very close attention to what it wants to do.
You could look at "apt list --upgradable" if you want to narrow down the cause of your problem, perhaps just upgrade some things selectively to figure out what is actually causing your problem. For example, you mentioned an issue with supertux. If you just upgrade supertux, does it have a problem? Is that the only thing that makes you think you have some problem? It's unclear what problem you have when your system is up to date. Supertux underwent some changes too, are you sure it's using the same renderer in both versions? It shows you on the main screen... if you were using sdl2 and switch to ogl, well that'll make it seem slower on many machines... you can force the old sdl2 renderer and its fast again... or is perhaps your problem more than just supertux?
FYI, if you grep glxinfo for "render" (instead of "direct rendering") you'll also see some more useful info about your driver and can still confirm direct rendering. I sometimes also like to grep it for "ersion" to see version/Version info of stuff. And, if glxinfo gets boring, "inxi -G" can be useful.
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