Intel HD Graphics 520 - 3D acceleration

[rgr]

Hello everyone.

I bought new laptop computer HP model ProBook 450 G3. From some days I'm configuring it. I ran bluetooth, wireless card, SD card reader and sound. Unfortunately I can't run hardware video rendering, I have only software rendering. I don't have animation in Gnome desktop environment, and when I switch to Cinnamon I have notice that the video rendering is software only.

Inside my laptop is installed Intel Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6200U, I found information that the procesor has Intel HD Graphics 520.

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robert@rpg:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1904 (rev 08)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 1916 (rev 07)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d2f (rev 21)
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d31 (rev 21)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d3a (rev 21)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d03 (rev 21)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d14 (rev f1)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d15 (rev f1)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d18 (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 9d48 (rev 21)
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Device 9d21 (rev 21)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 9d70 (rev 21)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device 9d23 (rev 21)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 3165 (rev 81)
03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 522a (rev 01)

I installed Debian Jessie 8.6 from netinstall CD witch restricted drivers (http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unoff ... -firmware/), then I instaled the following files:

First:

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robert@rpg:/proc$ dpkg -l | grep firmware
ii  amd64-microcode                       2.20160316.1~deb8u1                  amd64        Processor microcode firmware for AMD CPUs
ii  firmware-amd-graphics                 20160110-1~bpo8+1                    all          Binary firmware for AMD/ATI graphics chips
ii  firmware-intel-sound                  20160110-1~bpo8+1                    all          Binary firmware for Intel sound DSPs
ii  firmware-iwlwifi                      20160110-1~bpo8+1                    all          Binary firmware for Intel Wireless cards
ii  firmware-linux-free                   3.3                                  all          Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
ii  firmware-linux-nonfree                20160110-1~bpo8+1                    all          Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel (meta-package)
ii  firmware-misc-nonfree                 20160110-1~bpo8+1                    all          Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
ii  firmware-realtek                      20160110-1~bpo8+1                    all          Binary firmware for Realtek wired/wifi/BT adapters
ii  intel-microcode                       3.20160714.1~deb8u1                  amd64        Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs

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robert@rpg:/proc$ dpkg -l | grep intel
ii  firmware-intel-sound                  20160110-1~bpo8+1                    all          Binary firmware for Intel sound DSPs
ii  intel-microcode                       3.20160714.1~deb8u1                  amd64        Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs
ii  libdrm-intel1:amd64                   2.4.58-2                             amd64        Userspace interface to intel-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime
ii  libdrm-intel1:i386                    2.4.58-2                             i386         Userspace interface to intel-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime
ii  whois                                 5.2.7                                amd64        intelligent WHOIS client
ii  xserver-xorg-video-intel              2:2.99.917+git20160522-1~bpo8+1      amd64        X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver

Next, I instaled Linux kernel:

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robert@rpg:/proc$ uname -r
4.6.0-0.bpo.1-amd64

These files I installed from jessie-backports:

Below my sources.list

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cat /etc/apt/sources.list

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8.6.0 _Jessie_ - Official amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20160917-14:21]/ jessie contrib main non-free
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8.6.0 _Jessie_ - Official amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20160917-14:21]/ jessie contrib main non-free

deb http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free

# jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main contrib non-free

deb http://apt.insynchq.com/debian jessie non-free contribrobert@rpg:/proc$ 

After that, during botting process I had below notice:

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failed to load iwlwifi-7265D-21 / 20 / 19 / 18 / 17.ucode (-2)
failed to load rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw (-2)

Then I dowloaded these filles from (http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel ... git/about/)
and, put into "/lib/firmware/" directory.

Unfortunately the video rendering is still software only - no 3D ?

What am I doing wrong / what I do not know ?

Thank in advance for any information.

Regards.
Robert.

[stevepusser]

Apparently the same graphics hardware seems to work well in Stretch: https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebia ... 60/stretch

Possibly installing the updated mesa packages from jessie-backports would help?

[rgr]

Thanks for answer.
In the meantime I tried with pinpriority and unstable repository. I upgraded kernel, xserver and mesa to newest version from unstable repository but it didn't work .
I gave up. I reinstalled system, replaced repository to testing release and upgraded Debian to testing. Finally hardware video rendering it's working fine, 3D effects are OK in Gnome, and Cinnamon stopped inform that worked in software rendering mode.

I would rather working in the stable software branch witch backports but I not cope with.

I have an idea where I did mistake. I think that I should first upgraded kernel and then installed rest of packets, I did the reverse order - first I installed all packets then upgraded kernel.

But I do not have the strength to try again

[Head_on_a_Stick]

I would rather working in the stable software branch witch backports but I not cope with.

https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=1185

[rgr]

Yes, I know that link, and I know how use backports repository, but it's not working in my laptop. Unfortunately I don't know why.

[stevepusser]

Is it using the intel or the modesetting driver for the graphics in Stretch? (use "lspci -k" command)

We're trying a community respin of the Jessie-based MX 15 with backported updates to address new hardware problems like yours--( sometimes I come up with an original idea ) I wonder how the Live session would work on your machine. If it works, at least we know it's possible to stick with stable Debian + some backports and get it working: http://forum.mepiscommunity.org/viewtop ... 00&t=40499 It doesn't have GNOME, but the output of "inxi -F" should let us know about the graphics.

Stretch just added some new firmware packages, too. I don't think they are in the respin, but they are in the MX 15 test repo.

[stevepusser]

Onboard graphics like Intel HD Graphics aren’t designed for high-end gaming, so expect to turn they settings way down if you want to try playing modern games.

We know full well how to get 3D working on Skylake hardware now, so I have to suspect you're a spammer digging up 3 yr old dead threads.

[Garrett09]

Is it using the intel or the modesetting driver for the graphics in Stretch? (use "lspci -k" command)

We're trying a community respin of the Jessie-based MX 15 with backported updates to address new hardware problems like yours--( sometimes I come up with an original idea psiphon ) I wonder how the Live session would work on your machine. If it works, at least we know it's possible to stick with stable Debian + some backports and get it working: It doesn't have GNOME, but the output of "inxi -F" should let us know about the graphics.

Stretch just added some new firmware packages, too. I don't think they are in the respin, but they are in the MX 15 test repo.

I upgraded kernel, xserver and mesa to newest version from unstable repository but it didn't work .
I gave up. I reinstalled system, replaced repository to testing release and upgraded Debian to testing. Finally hardware video rendering it's working fine, 3D effects are OK in Gnome, and Cinnamon stopped inform that worked in software rendering mode.