#Thinkad R61 integrated GPU Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 default drivers wont work

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feral cape
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Something is wrong with the default drivers from intel, xserver-xorg-video-intel is up to date but my screen is stuck on 1024x768. Anything 3d slows it down to a halt.
Im on linux mint 21.3 x86_64
kernel 5.15.0-112-generic
Sorry i fi made any mistakes in this reuqest, let me know and ill add/fix them, as well as terminal commands that would get you the info you need.

wild spire
feral cape
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done, im on 6.2.0-39-generic now, what should i do next?

feral cape
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just to confirm, you meant this right?

feral cape
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conifrming that this seems to be a driver issue, i ran windows 7 as a test and got the drivers from lenovos site. for example i ran portal 1 and it was completely fine on windows whereas it would slow linux to a halt and had a bunch of weird graphical glitches as well as weird tinted colors

wild spire
feral cape
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the newest version of 6.5 right?

wild spire
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for mint 21. yes

feral cape
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thanks, ill let you know once im done installing it 👍

feral cape
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still running into the same graphical issues after switching to kernel 6.5 on edge 21

wild spire
feral cape
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im on 23, how can i upgrade to 24? i tried figuring it out but i couldnt

runic sparrow
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An R61 is an ancient machine, btw. That old iGPU will not be very capable, but it should be covered fine by the running-forever i915 driver (that supports all Intel GPUs to this day). The kernel and Mesa updates are completely pointless on 18-year-old hardware.

feral cape
# runic sparrow Please share the output of `inxi -Gxxxz`, so we can have a look at how it set up...

here you go, thanks
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo
driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: SVIDEO-1,VGA-1
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:2a02 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1024x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 270x203mm (10.6x8.0")
s-diag: 338mm (13.3")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: Lenovo res: 1024x768 hz: 60 dpi: 86
size: 304x228mm (12.0x9.0") diag: 380mm (15") modes: 1024x768
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel 965GM (CL)
v: 2.1 Mesa 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1 direct render: Yes

runic sparrow
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Are you sure your R61 has a higher resolution than 1024x768? I remember them having that resolution, and your Mint install thinks it is the native one. LVDS is Low Voltage Differential Signal, the internal connector to the laptop screen.

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From these readings, your i915 driver is loaded, and your screen is being addressed correctly. Which applications are slow? You should be aware that when this iGPU was new, nvidia sold 6000/7000-era GPUs. Nobody would expect these to run anything beyond a bare desktop today.

feral cape
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the resolution was my mistake, it is 1024x768 so that was my bad. however i tried some simple native games that the system should support (portal 1, half life 1, spelunky). they ran fine when i tested then in win7 but i kept running into graphical glitches and horrible performance, thats what led me to belive it was a driver issue. im not expecting it to runa nything big, just wanted to try it out of novelty

runic sparrow
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Now I understand. Unfortunately, Windows games are run through Proton these days. Which means Vulkan is used for rendering - and Intel iGPUs only gained proper Vulkan support from about Haswell onwards. Yours is... 5 generations too old, I think. So if you can get a hold of Linux builds for these games, they should run on this. Otherwise, sorry.

feral cape
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sounds good to me, thanks for your help 😃

wild spire