Kernel mode setting (KMS) is supported by Intel chipsets that use the i915 DRM driver and is mandatory and enabled by default.Įarly KMS should already be enabled for typical setups since mkinitcpio v32, as the kms hook is included by default.

Also, check that you have not disabled Intel by using any modprobe blacklisting within /etc/modprobe.d/ or /usr/lib/modprobe.d/.

Make sure you do not have nomodeset as a kernel parameter, since Intel requires kernel mode-setting.

The Intel kernel module should load fine automatically on system boot. However, the modesetting driver can cause problems such as screen tearing and mouse jittering on XFCE, artifacts when switching virtual desktops in Chromium, and vsync jitter/video stutter in mpv.

See, , Xorg#Installation, and modesetting(4). Note: Some ( Debian & Ubuntu, Fedora, KDE) recommend not installing the xf86-video-intel driver, and instead falling back on the modesetting driver for Gen 4 and newer hardware.

For Vulkan support ( Ivy Bridge and newer), install the vulkan-intel package.

Beside this functionality, this package is generally not recommended, see note below.

For the DDX driver which provides 2D acceleration in Xorg, install the xf86-video-intel package.

For 32-bit application support, also install the lib32-mesa or lib32-mesa-amber package from the multilib repository.

This driver has better performance and stability for Gen 7 and older hardware. mesa-amber is the legacy Mesa package which includes the classic (non-Gallium3D) drivers for Gen 2 hardware and later.This is the recommended choice for Gen 8 and later hardware. mesa is the up-to-date Mesa package which includes the modern Gallium3D drivers for Intel's Gen 3 hardware and later.Install one of the following packages, which provide the DRI driver for 3D acceleration.See Xorg#Driver installation to identify your card.Intel's Gen N hardware does not refer to the generation of the CPU, it refers to the generation of the GPU, which is different from the generation of the CPU.

PowerVR-based graphics ( GMA 3600 series) are not supported by open source drivers.

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