How to check what graphics driver your system is using.Knowing your video card model and graphics driver version can help you determine if you need to install a newer driver, and which model to download the driver for. This blog is written on the HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini Desktop PC.This tutorial will show you how to check what graphics driver your Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish system is currently using and what graphics card model is part of your system’s hardware.
Introduction to the series including wiping Windows and installing Manjaro Multimedia on the HP EliteDesk 800 G2 USFF PCīenchmarking the HP EliteDesk 800 G2 USFF PC with other machines Hardware graphics acceleration when watching videos in Firefox We’ll use the BBC iPlayer service to demonstrate things are working correctly.Ĭomplete list of articles in this series: HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini Desktop PC The most important codec for our purposes is H.264 (sometimes known as AVC1, not to be confused with an entirely different codec AV1). VAEntrypointVLD means that the machine is capable to decode this format, VAEntrypointEncSlice means that the machine can encode to this format. Vainfo’s output demonstrates the driver is correctly loaded. We should verify the settings for VA-API driver by running vainfo. Next we need to enable Video Acceleration API (VA-API) by installing the i965 driver with the command: While neither package is essential for hardware acceleration to work, they are useful tools to verify everything is properly configured. These packages provide intel_gpu_top, a utility to monitor GPU usage, and vainfo, a utility that shows the supported profiles and entrypoints. $ sudo pacman -S intel-gpu-tools libva-utils In Manjaro, we install the two packages with the command: We’re running Wayland (not X.org) as our display server protocol.įirst let’s install a couple of packages, intel-gpu-tools and libva-utils. We’ll walk you through how to configure your system first.
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