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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 | 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]] | ||
[[category:Graphics]] | [[category:Graphics]] | ||
[[category:Drivers]] | [[category:Drivers]] | ||
Revision as of 03:44, 23 July 2025
Many desktop environments need a graphics driver to work properly. Install Mesa drivers for all graphics cards before installing a desktop. Mesa-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: Mesa drivers for all Graphics cards.
- mesa-va-gallium: Mesa vaapi drivers for all video decoding acceleration.
- For legacy Xorg drivers refer 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 lspci from pciutils package to identify the graphics card:
lspci -k | grep -EA3 "VGA|3D|Display"
Then, install an appropriate driver.
- For Intel video chipsets, see Intel Video
- For AMD Radeon Chipsets, see Radeon Video
- For Nvidia Chipsets, see Nvidia Video