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This page lists the available xf86 video drivers for [[Xorg]] in Alpine Linux. Installing specific xf86 driver packages for legacy video card's chipset, enables support for specific features, effects and acceleration modes, and avoid error messages during X initialization. | This page lists the available xf86 video drivers for [[Xorg]] in Alpine Linux. Installing specific xf86 driver packages for legacy video card's chipset, enables support for specific features, effects and acceleration modes, and avoid error messages during X initialization. | ||
{{Tip| | {{Tip|For modern drivers, refer to [[Graphics driver|Graphics drivers]] page.}} | ||
== List of xf86 drivers == | |||
To see available xf86 video driver packages run: {{cmd|$ apk search xf86-video}} | To see available xf86 video driver packages run: {{cmd|$ apk search xf86-video}} | ||
{{Tip|xf86 driver packages follow standard naming conventions. So information found in Arch or Gentoo [[#See also|wiki pages referred]] are to a large degree extent applicable in Alpine Linux, except for proprietary binary only drivers.}} | |||
* For Sis video chipset install {{pkg|xf86-video-sis}} | * For Sis video chipset install {{pkg|xf86-video-sis}} | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Graphics driver|Main page for Graphics drivers]] | * [[Graphics driver|Main page for Graphics drivers]] | ||
* [[Xorg]] | * [[Xorg]] | ||
Revision as of 02:38, 4 May 2026
This page lists the available xf86 video drivers for Xorg in Alpine Linux. Installing specific xf86 driver packages for legacy video card's chipset, enables support for specific features, effects and acceleration modes, and avoid error messages during X initialization.
Tip: For modern drivers, refer to Graphics drivers page.
List of xf86 drivers
To see available xf86 video driver packages run:
$ apk search xf86-video
Tip: xf86 driver packages follow standard naming conventions. So information found in Arch or Gentoo wiki pages referred are to a large degree extent applicable in Alpine Linux, except for proprietary binary only drivers.
- For Sis video chipset install xf86-video-sis
- For VMware guests use xf86-video-vmware
- For VirtualBox guests use xf86-video-vboxvideo. Refer VirtualBox guest additions
- For Hyper-V guests use xf86-video-fbdev. Refer Hyper-V guest services.
- For KVM/QEMU guests refer Xorg within QEMU