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Prabuanand: moved troubleshooting to it's own section with additional command

2026-05-04T02:51:46Z

moved troubleshooting to it's own section with additional command

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	* {{Pkg\|mesa-va-gallium}}: Mesa vaapi drivers for all video decoding acceleration.		* {{Pkg\|mesa-va-gallium}}: Mesa vaapi drivers for all video decoding acceleration.

	Graphics cards of recent vintage may need additional drivers to work at their full potential. Install additional graphics drivers from the below depending on your hardware. If you are unsure about your graphics card, ~~use <code>lspci</code> from {{pkg~~\|~~pciutils}} package to identify the~~ graphics card~~: {{cmd\|<Nowiki>lspci -k \| grep -EA3 "VGA\|3D\|Display"</Nowiki>}}~~		Graphics cards of recent vintage may need additional drivers to work at their full potential. Install additional graphics drivers from the below depending on your hardware. If you are unsure about your graphics card,refer [[#Identify graphics card\|Identify graphics card]] section.

	Then, install an appropriate driver.		Then, install an appropriate driver.
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	* For Nvidia Chipsets, see [[Nvidia Video]]		* For Nvidia Chipsets, see [[Nvidia Video]]
	* For legacy Xf86 drivers [[Xf86 Video]]		* For legacy Xf86 drivers [[Xf86 Video]]

			== Troubleshooting ==

			=== Identify graphics card ===

			If you are unsure about your graphics card, information about the particular video cards that are installed in the computer may be found in the list of PCI devices.

			Install the package {{pkg\|pciutils}} first using the command: {{Cmd\|#apk add pciutils}}

			Now use <code>lspci</code> command from the {{pkg\|pciutils}} package to identify the graphics card as follows:
			{{cmd\|<Nowiki>lspci -k \| grep -EA3 "VGA\|3D\|Display"</Nowiki>}}

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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	* [[Kernel Modesetting]]		* [[Kernel Modesetting]]
	* [[Uvesafb\|Generic FB driver]]		* [[Uvesafb\|Generic FB driver]]
			* [[Xf86 Video]]

	[[category:Graphics]]		[[category:Graphics]]
	[[category:Drivers]]		[[category:Drivers]]

Prabuanand: added links to all Graphics pages

2025-07-23T06:32:29Z

added links to all Graphics pages

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	* {{Pkg\|mesa-dri-gallium}}: Mesa drivers for all Graphics cards.		* {{Pkg\|mesa-dri-gallium}}: Mesa drivers for all Graphics cards.
	* {{Pkg\|mesa-va-gallium}}: Mesa vaapi drivers for all video decoding acceleration.		* {{Pkg\|mesa-va-gallium}}: Mesa vaapi drivers for all video decoding acceleration.
	* For legacy Xorg drivers refer [[Xorg#Legacy X11 video drivers\|Xorg]] page.

	Graphics cards of recent vintage may need additional drivers to work at their full potential. Install additional graphics drivers from the below depending on your hardware. If you are unsure about your graphics card, use <code>lspci</code> from {{pkg\|pciutils}} package to identify the graphics card: {{cmd\|<Nowiki>lspci -k \| grep -EA3 "VGA\|3D\|Display"</Nowiki>}}		Graphics cards of recent vintage may need additional drivers to work at their full potential. Install additional graphics drivers from the below depending on your hardware. If you are unsure about your graphics card, use <code>lspci</code> from {{pkg\|pciutils}} package to identify the graphics card: {{cmd\|<Nowiki>lspci -k \| grep -EA3 "VGA\|3D\|Display"</Nowiki>}}
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	* For AMD Radeon Chipsets, see [[Radeon Video]]		* For AMD Radeon Chipsets, see [[Radeon Video]]
	* For Nvidia Chipsets, see [[Nvidia Video]]		* For Nvidia Chipsets, see [[Nvidia Video]]
			* For legacy Xf86 drivers [[Xf86 Video]]

			== See also ==

			* [[Kernel Modesetting]]
			* [[Uvesafb\|Generic FB driver]]

	[[category:Graphics]]		[[category:Graphics]]
	[[category:Drivers]]		[[category:Drivers]]

Prabuanand: rephrased and moved the xorg driver

2025-07-23T03:44:51Z

rephrased and moved the xorg driver

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	* {{Pkg\|mesa-dri-gallium}}: Mesa drivers for all Graphics cards.		* {{Pkg\|mesa-dri-gallium}}: Mesa drivers for all Graphics cards.
	* {{Pkg\|mesa-va-gallium}}: Mesa vaapi drivers for all video decoding acceleration.		* {{Pkg\|mesa-va-gallium}}: Mesa vaapi drivers for all video decoding acceleration.
			* For legacy Xorg drivers refer [[Xorg#Legacy X11 video drivers\|Xorg]] page.

	Graphics cards of recent vintage need ~~a driver~~ to work. Install additional graphics drivers from the below depending on your hardware. If you are unsure about your graphics card, use <code>lspci</code> from {{pkg\|pciutils}} package to identify the graphics card: {{cmd\|<Nowiki>lspci -k \| grep -EA3 "VGA\|3D\|Display"</Nowiki>}}		Graphics cards of recent vintage may need additional drivers to work at their full potential. Install additional graphics drivers from the below depending on your hardware. If you are unsure about your graphics card, use <code>lspci</code> from {{pkg\|pciutils}} package to identify the graphics card: {{cmd\|<Nowiki>lspci -k \| grep -EA3 "VGA\|3D\|Display"</Nowiki>}}

	Then, install an appropriate driver.		Then, install an appropriate driver.
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	* For AMD Radeon Chipsets, see [[Radeon Video]]		* For AMD Radeon Chipsets, see [[Radeon Video]]
	* For Nvidia Chipsets, see [[Nvidia Video]]		* For Nvidia Chipsets, see [[Nvidia Video]]

	~~For details on legacy Xorg drivers refer [[Xorg]] page.~~

	[[category:Graphics]]		[[category:Graphics]]
	[[category:Drivers]]		[[category:Drivers]]

Prabuanand: removed :Category:Desktop as per Help_talk:Style

2025-05-25T15:43:30Z

removed Category:Desktop as per Help_talk:Style

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	[[category:Graphics]]		[[category:Graphics]]
	[[category: Drivers]]		[[category:Drivers]]
	~~[[category: Desktop~~]]

Prabuanand: rephrased page to clarify on mesa

2025-01-09T07:58:02Z

rephrased page to clarify on mesa

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	Many [[Desktop environments and Window managers\|desktop environments]] need a graphics driver to work properly. Install Mesa drivers for all graphics cards before installing a [[Installation#Post-Installation\|desktop]]:		Many [[Desktop environments and Window managers\|desktop environments]] need a graphics driver to work properly. Install Mesa drivers for all graphics cards before installing a [[Installation#Post-Installation\|desktop]]. Mesa-gallium is an open-source OpenGL implementation that supports a variety of hardware and software drivers, including Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, and more.

	* {{Pkg\|mesa-dri-gallium}}: ~~'''necessary'''~~ Mesa drivers for all Graphics cards.		* {{Pkg\|mesa-dri-gallium}}: Mesa drivers for all Graphics cards.
			* {{Pkg\|mesa-va-gallium}}: Mesa vaapi drivers for all video decoding acceleration.

	~~Mesa-dri-gallium is an open-source OpenGL implementation that supports a variety of hardware and software drivers, including Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, and more.~~		Graphics cards of recent vintage need a driver to work. Install additional graphics drivers from the below depending on your hardware. If you are unsure about your graphics card, use <code>lspci</code> from {{pkg\|pciutils}} package to identify the graphics card: {{cmd\|<Nowiki>lspci -k \| grep -EA3 "VGA\|3D\|Display"</Nowiki>}}

	Graphics cards of recent vintage need a driver to work. ~~So install~~ additional graphics drivers from the below depending on your hardware. ~~Information~~ about ~~the video cards that are installed in the computer may be found using~~ <code>lspci</code> ~~command, which is not available by default. Refer the [[How_to_get_regular_stuff_working#Hardware_Management\|instructions]] to install~~ {{pkg\|pciutils}} package.

	To identify the graphics card ~~(the Subsystem output shows the specific model), issue the below command~~:
	{{cmd\|<Nowiki>lspci -v \| grep -~~A1 -e~~ VGA -e 3D</Nowiki>}}

	Then, install an appropriate driver.		Then, install an appropriate driver.

Prabuanand: moved content about mesa from Intel page to main graphics page

2025-01-09T05:16:07Z

moved content about mesa from Intel page to main graphics page

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	Many [[Desktop environments and Window managers\|desktop environments]] need a graphics driver to work properly. ~~Graphics~~ cards ~~of recent vintage need a driver to work. So one needs to install one of the below graphics drivers~~ before installing a [[Installation#Post-Installation\|desktop]]:		Many [[Desktop environments and Window managers\|desktop environments]] need a graphics driver to work properly. Install Mesa drivers for all graphics cards before installing a [[Installation#Post-Installation\|desktop]]:

	* {{Pkg\|mesa-dri-gallium}}: '''necessary''' Mesa drivers for all Graphics cards.		* {{Pkg\|mesa-dri-gallium}}: '''necessary''' Mesa drivers for all Graphics cards.
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	Mesa-dri-gallium is an open-source OpenGL implementation that supports a variety of hardware and software drivers, including Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, and more.		Mesa-dri-gallium is an open-source OpenGL implementation that supports a variety of hardware and software drivers, including Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, and more.

	Information about the video cards that are installed in the computer may be found using <code>lspci</code> command, which is not available by default. Refer the [[How_to_get_regular_stuff_working#Hardware_Management\|instructions]] to install {{pkg\|pciutils}} package.		Graphics cards of recent vintage need a driver to work. So install additional graphics drivers from the below depending on your hardware. Information about the video cards that are installed in the computer may be found using <code>lspci</code> command, which is not available by default. Refer the [[How_to_get_regular_stuff_working#Hardware_Management\|instructions]] to install {{pkg\|pciutils}} package.

	To identify the graphics card (the Subsystem output shows the specific model), issue the below command:		To identify the graphics card (the Subsystem output shows the specific model), issue the below command:

Prabuanand: moved Mesa-dri-gallium from Intel page to main page

2025-01-09T05:12:07Z

moved Mesa-dri-gallium from Intel page to main page

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	Many [[Desktop environments and Window managers\|desktop environments]] need a graphics driver to work properly. Graphics cards of recent vintage need a driver to work. So one needs to install one of the below graphics drivers before installing a [[Installation#Post-Installation\|desktop]]:		Many [[Desktop environments and Window managers\|desktop environments]] need a graphics driver to work properly. Graphics cards of recent vintage need a driver to work. So one needs to install one of the below graphics drivers before installing a [[Installation#Post-Installation\|desktop]]:

			* {{Pkg\|mesa-dri-gallium}}: '''necessary''' Mesa drivers for all Graphics cards.

			Mesa-dri-gallium is an open-source OpenGL implementation that supports a variety of hardware and software drivers, including Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, and more.

	Information about the video cards that are installed in the computer may be found using <code>lspci</code> command, which is not available by default. Refer the [[How_to_get_regular_stuff_working#Hardware_Management\|instructions]] to install {{pkg\|pciutils}} package.		Information about the video cards that are installed in the computer may be found using <code>lspci</code> command, which is not available by default. Refer the [[How_to_get_regular_stuff_working#Hardware_Management\|instructions]] to install {{pkg\|pciutils}} package.

Prabuanand: Moved Xorg related drivers to its own page Xorg

2024-11-22T05:48:57Z

Moved Xorg related drivers to its own page Xorg

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	* For Nvidia Chipsets, see [[Nvidia Video]]		* For Nvidia Chipsets, see [[Nvidia Video]]

	To install X11 based [[Desktop environments and Window managers\|desktop]], you may want to install specific Xorg xf86 driver packages for your video card's chipset, as they may support specific features, effects and acceleration modes, and avoid error messages during X initialization. However, the most basic X features should work fine with just using the default kernel video-modesetting drivers.		For details on legacy Xorg drivers refer [[Xorg]] page.

	~~{{Tip\| xf86 driver packages follow standard naming conventions. So information found in [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/~~Xorg~~#Driver_installation ArchWiki], or [https://packages.gentoo.org/categories/x11-~~drivers ~~Gentoo wiki] are to a large degree, also applicable to configuring the video hardware on Alpine Linux, except for proprietary drivers which are not available.}}~~

	~~To see available xf86 video driver packages run:~~
	~~{{cmd\|$ apk search xf86-video}}~~

	* For Sis video chipset install {{pkg\|xf86-video-sis}}
	* For VMware guests use {{pkg\|xf86-video-vmware}}
	* For VirtualBox guests use {{pkg\|xf86-video-vboxvideo}}. Refer [[VirtualBox_guest_additions\|VirtualBox guest additions]]
	* For Hyper-V guests use {{pkg\|xf86-video-fbdev}}. Refer [[Hyper-V_guest_services\|Hyper-V guest services]].
	* For KVM/QEMU guests refer [[~~QEMU#Using_Xorg_inside_Qemu\|~~Xorg ~~within QEMU~~]]

	[[category:Graphics]]		[[category:Graphics]]
	[[category: Drivers]]		[[category: Drivers]]
	[[category: Desktop]]		[[category: Desktop]]

Prabuanand: moved information from Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-xorg-base

2024-11-09T14:27:11Z

moved information from Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-xorg-base

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 Many [[Desktop environments and Window managers|desktop environments]] need a graphics driver to work properly. Graphics cards of recent vintage need a driver to work. So one needs to install one of the below graphics drivers before installing a [[Installation#Post-Installation|desktop]]:
-* [[Intel Video]]
+Information about the video cards that are installed in the computer may be found using <code>lspci</code> command, which is not available by default. Refer the [[How_to_get_regular_stuff_working#Hardware_Management|instructions]] to install {{pkg|pciutils}} package.
 * [[Radeon Video]]
-* [[Nvidia Video]]
+To identify the graphics card (the Subsystem output shows the specific model), issue the below command:
 [[category:Graphics]]
 [[category: Drivers]]
 [[category: Desktop]]

Prabuanand: added wiki links and categories

2024-10-08T04:49:27Z

added wiki links and categories

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	Many desktop environments need a graphics driver to work properly. Graphics cards of recent vintage need a driver to work. So one needs to install one of the below graphics drivers:		Many [[Desktop environments and Window managers\|desktop environments]] need a graphics driver to work properly. Graphics cards of recent vintage need a driver to work. So one needs to install one of the below graphics drivers before installing a [[Installation#Post-Installation\|desktop]]:

	* [[Intel Video]]		* [[Intel Video]]
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	[[category:Graphics]]		[[category:Graphics]]
	[[category: Drivers]]		[[category: Drivers]]
			[[category: Desktop]]