I installed Tumbleweed on two new (to me) computers using the Xfce image, a laptop and a server. Both systems have Intel graphics, the laptop has an Intel HD Graphics 620, the server info shows it has an Intel HD Graphics 530.
The inxi -G command shows the X11 driver as modesetting on both systems. Is modesetting the default X11 driver for Intel GPU’s? I noticed a package xf86-video-intel in the repository and am curious as to whether or not the installer should have installed that package.
These are the first computers I’ve ever used with Intel graphics. As is, using modesetting, the displays are fine.
xf86-video-intel exists primarily because the modesetting DIX does not support ancient Intel iGPUs, those prior to Gen4 (Lakeport, Broadwater and Bearlake), initially introduced in 2006. The modesetting DIX is actually the upstream default for most AMD/ATI, Intel and NVidia GPUs. IOW, for most GPUs, xf86-video-* and xorg-x11-driver-video are unnecessary.