Porteus 5.01 250404 Acer notebook

[Ed_P]

Even if I use the 6.11.5 or 6.12.4 kernels booting produces an error window when the Cinnamon DE opens that the "Check your video drivers"

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guest@porteus:~$ su
Password: 
root@porteus:/home/guest# lspci -k | grep cont
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device a7a8 (rev 04)
0000:00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device a71d
0000:00:0e.0 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation Device a77f
0000:00:12.0 Serial controller: Intel Corporation Device 51fc (rev 01)
0000:00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 51ed (rev 01)
0000:00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 51f1 (rev 01)
0000:00:15.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 51e8 (rev 01)
0000:00:15.1 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 51e9 (rev 01)
0000:00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Device 51e0 (rev 01)
0000:00:19.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 51c5 (rev 01)
0000:00:19.1 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 51c6 (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation Device 51ca (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 51a4 (rev 01)
10000:e1:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp Device 5017 (rev 01)
root@porteus:/home/guest# lspci -k | grep driver
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel driver in use: proc_thermal_pci
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel driver in use: vmd
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
	Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
	Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
	Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
	Kernel driver in use: mei_me
	Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
	Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
	Kernel driver in use: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel driver in use: nvme
root@porteus:/home/guest# 

Where do I find a driver for the Acer?

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With the test alpha2 Porteus 5.1 6.14.0 the video works and I see:

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guest@porteus:~$ su
Password: 
root@porteus:/home/guest# lspci -k | grep cont
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device a7a8 (rev 04)
0000:00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device a71d
0000:00:0e.0 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation Device a77f
0000:00:12.0 Serial controller: Intel Corporation Device 51fc (rev 01)
0000:00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 51ed (rev 01)
0000:00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 51f1 (rev 01)
0000:00:15.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 51e8 (rev 01)
0000:00:15.1 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 51e9 (rev 01)
0000:00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Device 51e0 (rev 01)
0000:00:19.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 51c5 (rev 01)
0000:00:19.1 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 51c6 (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation Device 51ca (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 51a4 (rev 01)
10000:e1:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp Device 5017 (rev 01)
root@porteus:/home/guest# lspci -k | grep driver
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel driver in use: proc_thermal_pci
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel driver in use: vmd
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
	Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
	Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
	Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
	Kernel driver in use: mei_me
	Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
	Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
	Kernel driver in use: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel driver in use: nvme
root@porteus:/home/guest# 

[ncmprhnsbl]

exact acer model might help
better info command (so we can actually see the kernel module in use(for graphics)):

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root@porteus: lspci -k | grep -A 2 VGA

fun fact: menu>system(or Admin)>Porteus System Info > Media (tab)> Graphics will supply that info too.
other thing to check is /var/log/Xorg.0.log
that cinnamon actually opens suggests there might not be a huge problem... (possible that mesa is getting a little old)
you can use the 6.14 kernel with 5.01 too if you want.

[Ed_P]

exact acer model might help

Acer Aspire 5 15, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD

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guest@porteus:~$ su
Password: 
root@porteus:/home/guest# lspci -k | grep -A 2 VGA
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device a7a8 (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 1702
	Kernel driver in use: i915
root@porteus:/home/guest# 

An interesting lspci command.

fun fact: menu>system(or Admin)>Porteus System Info > Media (tab)> Graphics will supply that info too.

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0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device a7a8 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 1702
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 179
	Memory at 6002000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Memory at 4000000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	I/O ports at 3000 [size=64]
	Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
	Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
	Capabilities: [ac] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable+ 64bit-
	Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [100] Process Address Space ID (PASID)
	Capabilities: [200] Address Translation Service (ATS)
	Capabilities: [300] Page Request Interface (PRI)
	Capabilities: [320] Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel modules: i915

you can use the 6.14 kernel with 5.01 too if you want.

Ok, I will try it. Thanks.

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