On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 7:30 PM, Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Catherine Gramze composed on 2017-03-13 18:49 (UTC-0400): > > Is Plymouth installed? No, it is not. I checked. According to that URI it is a refresh of Radeon HD 7870 that apparently > nobody ever updated Wikipedia to include. The Radeon HD 7870 is a Pitcairn > XT (Southern Islands), originally released 5 years ago. > > >> What I wrote was "driver that supports 'both' gfxchips". I meant these > drivers: > > http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/debian/pool/main/x/xserver-xorg > -video-modesetting/ > > Simplest way to use is purge all traces of Intel, proprietary and AMD/ATI > drivers, install xserver-xorg-video-modesetting, then restart. Ideally it > would be used automatically by both the Pitcairn and the gfx built into > whatever Intel CPU is onboard your MSI Z87-43G, assuming both are actually > usable..... > >> > I've not tried to find and read the manual for your motherboard, but it's >> typical that installation of a gfxcard in a PCIe slot defeats the ability >> to use the onboard gfx. In some cases, it is supported, but requires >> special BIOS configuration. It may be lack of support for your several year >> old Pitcairn is actually blocked by a motherboard BIOS/Firmware/Setup >> setting that enables use of Intel onboard gfx, not by anything Jessie is >> doing. >> > > Both are not usable simultaneously. My BIOS requires me to disable the on-board graphics to use the Radeon card. Getting into BIOS is impossible with the Radeon in use. Please explain just what benefit I might derive from installing the server video driver you mention rather than the Intel desktop one I am using now. Will it provide me with a 4K display? Please provide a reference that states my card is supported by it, as well.
