How to get intel hd 3000 workingon Dell xps 14z i5?

rash_m · January 27, 2012, 10:14pm

hi guys,

I’ve got a Dell XPS 14z and didn’t want to reinstall the OS again so I just put the disk in from my old Samsung Q430 laptop.

All is good and it works fine, except for the intel graphics drivers. The laptop has Nvidia optimus (i.e. switchable graphics). Installing the (newer?) xorg drivers from the XOrg openSUSE 12.1 repo works but x fails to start complaining that it’s unable to load intel, vesamodule,

Running glxgears returns the following:

Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
glxgears: Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual.

and glxinfo returns the following:

name of display: :0
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual

   visual  x  bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer  ms  cav
 id dep cl sp sz l  ci b ro  r  g  b  a bf th cl  r  g  b  a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
0x21 24 tc  1  0  0 c  .  .  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
0x22 24 dc  1  0  0 c  .  .  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
0x5e 32 tc  1  0  0 c  .  .  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 0 None

Also lspci -nn returns the following:

rash_m · January 27, 2012, 10:16pm

pastebin:

 0:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Fami - Pastebin.com](http://pastebin.com/Qfm61ztp)

martin_helm · January 27, 2012, 10:23pm

I hav a Dell Precision M4600 with optimus. It has a checkbox in the BIOS
to disable optimus which results in pure use of nvidia. Did you check if
you also have such a checkbox? If yes I would disable it and install the
proprietary nvidia driver.

rash_m · January 27, 2012, 10:30pm

I think I did check but the bios is very basic and locked down - I’ll double check it when I get a chance.

However I want to use the Intel HD 3000, rather than Nvidia - its got plenty of horsepower for running visual effects and playing movies, so there’s no point in having the nvidia card in openSUSE.

martin_helm · January 27, 2012, 10:44pm

Am 27.01.2012 22:36, schrieb rash m:
>
> I think I did check but the bios is very basic and locked down - I’ll
> double check it when I get a chance.
>
> However I want to use the Intel HD 3000, rather than Nvidia - its got
> plenty of horsepower for running visual effects and playing movies, so
> there’s no point in having the nvidia card in openSUSE.
>
>
Maybe that thread can help you (I have no experience with activated dual
graphics but this is a howto)
http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=469419

rash_m · January 27, 2012, 11:23pm

thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you

that thread did the trick - i had the nvidia working with optirun just needed the intel working.

martin_helm · January 27, 2012, 11:32pm

Am 27.01.2012 23:26, schrieb rash m:
>
> thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you
> thank you
>
That thank you goes to the people who made that thread.
>
> that thread did the trick - i had the nvidia working with optirun just
> needed the intel working.
>
Glad to hear it works. Have much fun.