Intel Graphics

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#1

I am currently running openSUSE 13.2 and am considering upgrading/switching to Tumbleweed instead because I prefer the newer packages that it offers. I see there’s a warning on the wiki about proprietary graphics drivers, but there is no info about Intel drivers, so I was wondering if anyone had any information on that. I don’t want to switch only to get stuck with a non-working graphics driver due to a kernel upgrade. I’ve got a Lenovo G500 laptop with an Intel Core i3 processor and integrated graphics.

The information from lspci is this:

VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09)
        Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3977]
        Kernel driver in use: i915
        Kernel modules: i915
#2

Hi
I have the same device in this DELL Inspiron 3521;


VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09)
    Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0597]
    Kernel driver in use: i915
    Kernel modules: i915

I’m not however running Tumbleweed on this one (SLED 12), I have a HP ProBook 4440s with an intel GPU;


VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0106] (rev 09)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:17f3]
    Kernel driver in use: i915
    Kernel modules: i915

I’ve had no issues with Tumbleweed with this system and it’s an older intel GPU, would not expect you to have any issues.

#3

You should have no trouble at all