compatible hardware list or drivers

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mike_b
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compatible hardware list or drivers

Post by mike_b » 2016/09/21 17:43:11

I just installed Centos 6.5 on a new machine. The machine has a Gigabyte MB with Intel H110M chipset and embedded video (I don't really have high requirements for video). When I install X and start it, it crashes, and I think the reason is that the embedded video card is not recognized. /sbin/lspci -m shows the following entry:

"VGA compatible controller" "Intel Corporation" "Device 1912" -r06 "Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd" "Device d000"

Since I want to run X Windows, I have the following questions:

1) Is there a driver for the embedded video on the MB? If so, where can I get it and how do I install it?
2) If a driver is not available, are there any other things I can do to get this video card going?
3) If that is not possible either, is there a list somewhere that shows compatible video cards?
4) if that is the case, where can I find how to install the and run the drivers for that card.

Thanks for your help.

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Re: compatible hardware list or drivers

Post by TrevorH » 2016/09/22 12:53:38

Do not use 6.5, it was released in December 2013 so only supports hardware that was current at that time. Use 6.8 which is the latest CentOS 6 and has hardware support for things released in 2016. You can just run yum update if your current install boots to a root command prompt.
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Re: compatible hardware list or drivers

Post by Whoever » 2016/09/23 02:33:05

TrevorH wrote:Do not use 6.5, it was released in December 2013 so only supports hardware that was current at that time. Use 6.8 which is the latest CentOS 6 and has hardware support for things released in 2016. You can just run yum updater if your current install boots to a root command prompt.

yum update

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