Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900

This is an Intel video adapter

Features

  • Chipset: Intel 915G/915GV/910GL Express
  • PCI ID: 8086:2592
  • Uses up to 128MB of main memory

Linux X.Org driver

This chip is supported by the 'i810' driver as part of the X.Org distribution

For DRI-Support, you may have to install the latest Drivers from DRI Snapshot you need following files:
common-<CurrentVersion>-linux.i386.tar.bz2
i915-<CurrentVersion>-linux.tar.bz2
Extract both in the same Directory and run install.sh
After that restart your X-Server and enjoy OpenGL-Support ;-)

Linux Intel driver

You can find Linux drivers for this card on Intel's site. The site offers much information about how to install this card on many distributions, mainly Red Hat and SuSe.

ThinkPad LCD

Display on the internal LCD works as long as you set the monitor settings correct.

External VGA port

??

SVideo port

??

DVI port

DVI is not supported with this video adapter

Linux kernel Framebuffer driver

This chip will work with either the 'vesa' or 'intelfb' driver as part of any recent 2.4 or 2.6 kernel.

ThinkPad's this chip may be found in