Xf86 Video
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: This page focusses on xf86 drivers. 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
Troubleshooting
If you are unsure of your hardware, refer to Identify graphics card first.