Intel Video

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This page documents the graphics driver for Intel GMA on-board graphics cards and Intel iGPU and dedicated graphics cards (excluding [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_graphics_processing_units#PowerVR_based PowerVR-based models]). Install the following packages as needed:

* {{Pkg|mesa-dri-gallium}}: '''necessary''' Mesa drivers for all Intel Graphics.
* {{Pkg|mesa-va-gallium}}: Mesa vaapi drivers for all Intel video decoding acceleration.
* {{Pkg|mesa-vulkan-intel}}: for programs that use [https://www.vulkan.org/ Vulkan].

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* {{Pkg|intel-media-driver}}: VAAPI driver, for hardware accelerated video encoding and decoding. What you want since Intel Broadwell.
* {{Pkg|libva-intel-driver}}: VAAPI driver, for processors older than Broadwell.
* {{Pkg|linux-firmware-i915}}: Needed if the i915 driver complains about firmware being missing in dmesg

== Use environment variables ==

For all Intel Graphics up to Haswell, the user must manually select '''crocus''' Mesa driver in order to let the graphics work properly:

<pre>
export MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=crocus
</pre>

For newer Intel Graphics, if automatic driver selection does not work and bugs such as missing mouse cursor under [[Sway]] occur (no hardware graphics acceleration), the user can manually select '''iris''' driver:

<pre>
export MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=iris
</pre>

== Legacy drivers ==
{{Main|Xorg}}
Legacy drivers like {{Pkg|xf86-video-intel}} which have [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Intel_graphics#Installation known Issues]. Use these, only if nothing else works.

== See also ==

* [[Kernel Modesetting]]
* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel_graphics Intel graphics on Arch Linux wiki]

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