Intel HD Graphics Not Working on Linux Lite 7.4 — Using llvmpipe Instead of i915

[Abhi_245]

I'm having trouble getting proper Intel graphics support on Linux Lite 7.4. My system uses an Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium x5-E8000 (Braswell) CPU with integrated graphics.

System Info:
Distro: Linux Lite 7.4 
Kernel:  6.8.0-71-generic
GPU: Intel HD Graphics (Braswell family)
Current renderer : llvmpipe ( LLVM 19.1.1, 128 bits)
Without setting boot parameter to nomodeset I can't even get into the system.
   

[stevef]

I'm having trouble getting proper Intel graphics support on Linux Lite 7.4

Please can you let us know the methods you have tried and what the results were.

[Abhi_245]

I'm having trouble getting proper Intel graphics support on Linux Lite 7.4

Please can you let us know the methods you have tried and what the results were.

I have tried various parameters with quiet splash in the grub menu such as 
1) quiet splash i915.force_probe=*
2) quiet splash i915.enable_guc=0
3) quiet i915.enable_fbc=0
4) quiet splash i915.enable_psr=0
5) quiet splash i915.modeset=1
None of these works gives a black screen as it tries to boot in and can only boot in using quiet splash nomodeset,

[stevef]

You covered the plausible results I found with a quick search.

The hardware database reports over 100 LL 7.x systems with

Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/j3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics

All appear to be working with the i915 kernel driver and Mesa renderer, which suggests it should work.

Without having the same hardware I can't reproduce or suggest much without guessing.

In your position, I'd try looking for possible clues with commands like

Code:

journalctl -b | grep i915

Code:

journalctl -b | grep -i "error\|warn\|fail"

Code:

journalctl -b | grep 00:02.0

As an alternative, try debugging the black screen you get without nomodeset.
Does pressing Alt,Ctl,F2 at the black screen do anything ?

[Abhi_245]

You covered the plausible results I found with a quick search.

The hardware database reports over 100 LL 7.x systems with

Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/j3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics

All appear to be working with the i915 kernel driver and Mesa renderer, which suggests it should work.

Without having the same hardware I can't reproduce or suggest much without guessing.

In your position, I'd try looking for possible clues with commands like

Code:

journalctl -b | grep i915

Code:

journalctl -b | grep -i "error\|warn\|fail"

Code:

journalctl -b | grep 00:02.0

As an alternative, try debugging the black screen you get without nomodeset.
Does pressing Alt,Ctl,F2 at the black screen do anything ?

No by pressing Alt+Ctrl+F2 , F3, ...F6 does nothing on the black screen , so should I share the results by booting in with nomodeset.

[stevef]

should I share the results by booting in with nomodeset.

Please share anything that may help someone understand the problem.

[Abhi_245]

should I share the results by booting in with nomodeset.

Please share anything that may help someone understand the problem.

journalctl -b | grep i915
Aug 09 02:02:03 Inspiron-15-3552 kernel: snd_hda_codec_hdmi hdaudioC0D2: No i915 binding for Intel HDMI/DP codec

journalctl -b | grep -i "error\|warn\|fail"
Aug 09 02:01:54 Inspiron-15-3552 kernel: ACPI BIOS Warning (bug): 32/64X length mismatch in FADT/Gpe0Block: 128/32 (20230628/tbfadt-564)
Aug 09 02:01:54 Inspiron-15-3552 kernel: acpi PNP0A08:00: _OSC: platform retains control of PCIe features (AE_ERROR)
Aug 09 02:01:54 Inspiron-15-3552 kernel: RAS: Correctable Errors collector initialized.
Aug 09 02:01:54 Inspiron-15-3552 kernel: mmc0: Failed to initialize a non-removable card
Aug 09 02:01:54 Inspiron-15-3552 kernel: psmouse serio1: Failed to deactivate mouse on isa0060/serio1: -5
Aug 09 02:01:54 Inspiron-15-3552 kernel: psmouse serio1: Failed to enable mouse on isa0060/serio1
Aug 09 02:01:54 Inspiron-15-3552 kernel: psmouse serio1: Failed to enable mouse on isa0060/serio1
Aug 09 02:01:55 Inspiron-15-3552 systemd-modules-load[330]: Failed to insert module 'vmwgfx': No such device
Aug 09 02:01:59 Inspiron-15-3552 kernel: ACPI Warning: \_SB.DPTF._ART: Return Package has no elements (empty) (20230628/nsprepkg-94)
Aug 09 02:02:02 Inspiron-15-3552 kernel: intel-spi: probe of intel-spi failed with error -22
Aug 09 02:02:05 Inspiron-15-3552 (udev-worker)[388]: controlC0: Process '/usr/sbin/alsactl -E HOME=/run/alsa -E XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/alsa/runtime restore 0' failed with exit code 99.
Aug 09 02:02:11 Inspiron-15-3552 systemd[1]: Started aptpatchll.service - Patch /etc/apt/ ensure minimal Install Updates errors.
Aug 09 02:02:14 Inspiron-15-3552 avahi-daemon[819]: WARNING: No NSS support for mDNS detected, consider installing nss-mdns!
Aug 09 02:02:14 Inspiron-15-3552 alsactl[881]: /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:1339: failed to obtain info for control #27 (No such file or directory)
Aug 09 02:02:14 Inspiron-15-3552 alsactl[881]: /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:1339: failed to obtain info for control #28 (No such file or directory)
Aug 09 02:02:14 Inspiron-15-3552 alsactl[881]: /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:1339: failed to obtain info for control #29 (No such file or directory)
Aug 09 02:02:14 Inspiron-15-3552 alsactl[881]: /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:1339: failed to obtain info for control #30 (No such file or directory)
Aug 09 02:02:14 Inspiron-15-3552 alsactl[881]: /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:1339: failed to obtain info for control #31 (No such file or directory)
Aug 09 02:02:14 Inspiron-15-3552 alsactl[881]: /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:1339: failed to obtain info for control #32 (No such file or directory)
Aug 09 02:02:14 Inspiron-15-3552 alsactl[881]: /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:1339: failed to obtain info for control #33 (No such file or directory)
Aug 09 02:02:14 Inspiron-15-3552 systemd[1]: Starting grub-initrd-fallback.service - GRUB failed boot detection...
Aug 09 02:02:15 Inspiron-15-3552 systemd[1]: Finished grub-initrd-fallback.service - GRUB failed boot detection.
Aug 09 02:02:15 Inspiron-15-3552 thermald[875]: Zone update failed: unable to bind
Aug 09 02:02:15 Inspiron-15-3552 thermald[875]: Zone update failed: unable to bind
Aug 09 02:02:15 Inspiron-15-3552 thermald[875]: Zone update failed: unable to bind
Aug 09 02:02:17 Inspiron-15-3552 bluetoothd[831]: profiles/sap/server.c:sap_server_register() Sap driver initialization failed.
Aug 09 02:02:18 Inspiron-15-3552 accounts-daemon[811]: g_dbus_interface_skeleton_get_object_path: assertion 'G_IS_DBUS_INTERFACE_SKELETON (interface_)' failed
Aug 09 02:02:22 Inspiron-15-3552 networkd-dispatcher[869]: ERROR:Unknown state for interface NetworkctlListState(idx=1, name='lo', type='loopback', operational='-', administrative='unmanaged'): -
Aug 09 02:02:22 Inspiron-15-3552 networkd-dispatcher[869]: ERROR:Unknown state for interface NetworkctlListState(idx=2, name='wlp1s0', type='wlan', operational='-', administrative='unmanaged'): -
Aug 09 02:02:26 Inspiron-15-3552 NetworkManager[965]: <warn> [1754685146.8076] dns-mgr: update-pending changed: DNS plugin did not become ready again. Assume something is wrong
Aug 09 02:02:27 Inspiron-15-3552 ifup[954]: Temporary failure resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Aug 09 02:02:27 Inspiron-15-3552 ifup[954]: Temporary failure resolving 'dl.google.com'
Aug 09 02:02:27 Inspiron-15-3552 ifup[954]: Temporary failure resolving 'packages.mozilla.org'
Aug 09 02:02:27 Inspiron-15-3552 ifup[954]: Temporary failure resolving 'repo.linuxliteos.com'
Aug 09 02:02:27 Inspiron-15-3552 ifup[954]: Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com'
Aug 09 02:02:27 Inspiron-15-3552 ifup[954]: Temporary failure resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Aug 09 02:02:27 Inspiron-15-3552 ifup[954]: Temporary failure resolving 'ppa.launchpadcontent.net'
Aug 09 02:02:27 Inspiron-15-3552 ifup[954]: Temporary failure resolving 'ppa.launchpadcontent.net'
Aug 09 02:02:27 Inspiron-15-3552 ifup[954]: Temporary failure resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Aug 09 02:02:35 Inspiron-15-3552 ifup[954]: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dist.../InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Aug 09 02:02:35 Inspiron-15-3552 ifup[954]: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dist.../InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Aug 09 02:02:35 Inspiron-15-3552 ifup[954]: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dist.../InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Aug 09 02:02:35 Inspiron-15-3552 ifup[954]: W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/.../InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com'
Aug 09 02:02:35 Inspiron-15-3552 ifup[954]: W: Failed to fetch https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/d.../InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'dl.google.com'
Aug 09 02:02:35 Inspiron-15-3552 ifup[954]: W: Failed to fetch http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite/di.../InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'repo.linuxliteos.com'
Aug 09 02:02:35 Inspiron-15-3552 ifup[954]: W: Failed to fetch https://packages.mozilla.org/apt/dists/m.../InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'packages.mozilla.org'
Aug 09 02:02:35 Inspiron-15-3552 ifup[954]: W: Failed to fetch https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozilla.../InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'ppa.launchpadcontent.net'
Aug 09 02:02:35 Inspiron-15-3552 ifup[954]: W: Failed to fetch https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozilla.../InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'ppa.launchpadcontent.net'
Aug 09 02:02:35 Inspiron-15-3552 ifup[954]: W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Aug 09 02:03:04 Inspiron-15-3552 systemd[1]: Started update-notifier-download.timer - Download data for packages that failed at package install time.
Aug 09 02:03:05 Inspiron-15-3552 ntpd[2837]: statistics directory /var/log/ntpsec/ does not exist or is unwriteable, error No such file or directory
Aug 08 20:33:15 Inspiron-15-3552 systemd[1]: casper-md5check.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Aug 08 20:33:15 Inspiron-15-3552 systemd[1]: casper-md5check.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Aug 08 20:33:15 Inspiron-15-3552 systemd[1]: Failed to start casper-md5check.service - casper-md5check Verify Live ISO checksums.
Aug 08 20:33:41 Inspiron-15-3552 xdg-desktop-por[3527]: Failed connect to PipeWire: Couldn't create PipeWire context
Aug 08 20:37:18 Inspiron-15-3552 systemd[1]: Starting update-notifier-download.service - Download data for packages that failed at package install time...
Aug 08 20:37:18 Inspiron-15-3552 systemd[1]: Finished update-notifier-download.service - Download data for packages that failed at package install time.
Aug 08 20:44:45 Inspiron-15-3552 xfce4-screensaver-dialog[4084]: pam_ecryptfs: seteuid error

journalctl -b | grep 00.02.0
Aug 09 02:01:54 Inspiron-15-3552 kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000040200000-0x000000006d244fff] usable
Aug 09 02:01:54 Inspiron-15-3552 kernel: reserve setup_data: [mem 0x0000000040200000-0x000000006d234017] usable
Aug 09 02:01:54 Inspiron-15-3552 kernel: node 0: [mem 0x0000000040200000-0x000000006d244fff]
Aug 09 02:01:54 Inspiron-15-3552 kernel: pci 0000:00:02.0: [8086:22b1] type 00 class 0x030000 conventional PCI endpoint
Aug 09 02:01:54 Inspiron-15-3552 kernel: pci 0000:00:02.0: BAR 0 [mem 0x90000000-0x90ffffff 64bit]
Aug 09 02:01:54 Inspiron-15-3552 kernel: pci 0000:00:02.0: BAR 2 [mem 0x80000000-0x8fffffff 64bit pref]
Aug 09 02:01:54 Inspiron-15-3552 kernel: pci 0000:00:02.0: BAR 4 [io 0xf000-0xf03f]
Aug 09 02:01:54 Inspiron-15-3552 kernel: pci 0000:00:02.0: Video device with shadowed ROM at [mem 0x000c0000-0x000dffff]
Aug 09 02:01:54 Inspiron-15-3552 kernel: pci 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: setting as boot VGA device
Aug 09 02:01:54 Inspiron-15-3552 kernel: pci 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: bridge control possible
Aug 09 02:01:54 Inspiron-15-3552 kernel: pci 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: VGA device added: decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none