Re: How do I find what drivers are installed
On 29/06/2015, Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> wrote:
>
<snip>
>
> Considering that Debian 6 came out in 2011 and the Haswell
> microarchitecture
> came out in 2013, I would say that the answer to the question is very
> likely
> no.
>
Right.
At
http://ark.intel.com/products/75119/Intel-Core-i7-4702MQ-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_20-GHz
is
"
Status Launched
Launch Date Q2'13
Processor Number i7-4702MQ
"
and
"
Processor Graphics ‡ Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Graphics Base Frequency 400 MHz
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency 1.15 GHz
Graphics Output eDP/DP/HDMI/VGA
Max Resolution (HDMI) 3840x2160@60Hz
Max Resolution (DP) 3840x2160@60Hz
Max Resolution (VGA) 2880x1800@60Hz
DirectX* Support 11.1
OpenGL* Support 4.3
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Yes
Intel® InTru™ 3D Technology Yes
Intel® Insider™ Yes
Intel® Wireless Display
Yes
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI) Yes
Intel® Clear Video HD Technology Yes
# of Displays Supported ‡ 3
Device ID 416
"
And at
http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/
is
"Debian 6.0.0 was initially released on February 6th, 2011."
And at
http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/
is
"Debian 7.0 was initially released on May 4th, 2013."
So the computer does not work properly (in terms of the graphics,
anyway) with either Debian 6 or Debian 7, and will not so work, unless
and until a new driver is created for it, for those operating systems,
so the computer will apparently work best with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS,
unless and until appropriate drivers are available for Debian 6 and 7.
So I guess that I now have to, after about two years, give up on
trying to get it to work with Debian 6 and 7; and, the problem appears
to be notsomuch with a lack of nvidia drivers, as with a lack of Intel
drivers.
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............
"So once you do know what the question actually is,
you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
written by Douglas Adams,
published by Pan Books, 1992
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