Enabling accelerated graphics post-Skylake

Make sure the xserver-xorg-video-intel package is installed, and then:

   1 # Setup xorg.conf
   2 sudo mkdir -p /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
   3 sudo cat << EOF > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
   4 Section "Device"
   5         Identifier "Intel Graphics"
   6         Driver "intel"
   7         Option "TearFree" "true"
   8         Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"
   9 EndSection
  10 EOF
  11 
  12 # Setup kernel
  13 sudo echo "options i915 enable_guc_loading=1 enable_guc_submission=1 enable_rc6=1 enable_fbc=1 enable_psr=1 disable_power_well=0 semaphores=1" > /etc/modprobe.d/i915.conf
  14 sudo update-initramfs -k all -u

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SamatsWiki: IntelGraphics (last edited 2018-02-21 08:10:57 by SamatJain)