On 2/24/25 02:17, Felix Miata wrote: > e...@gmx.us composed on 2025-02-23 16:43 (UTC-0500): > >> OK, I got it to show up by adding /etc/X11/50-onboard.conf which contains > >> Section "Device" >> Identifier "Card1" >> Driver "intel"...
> The intel display driver has been unofficially deprecated for more than a > decade. > It continues to be provided primarily for the benefit of ancient GPUs > unsupported > by its newer technology replacement. Try instead: > > Driver "modesetting" Thanks. Done. All three monitors work, and the 970 (usually) doesn't overheat. I wrote a script that starts giving me audible warnings at 85°, so overheat-crashes usually don't happen. Since I was unable to get rotation to work initially (perhaps it would now), I did a bit of rewiring and plugged the left and center monitors into the dGPU and the right monitor into the iGPU. Video performance in Youtube in Firefox on the center monitor was abysmal, somewhere around 2-5 probably. I can't get a working FPS meter for Firefox. I also don't know why it would have changed. Perhaps a pixel or two of the window stretched onto the L monitor. FF's Video Acceleration was enabled. Anyhow it seems reasonable now. My friend brought over a GTX 960 so I could swap it for my 970 to see if my fans not running was because of a bad card or something in the software. Unfortunately, while the 970 uses 2x6-pin power, the 960 uses 1x8-pin, and I can't find a cable that works. He said he'll bring an Nvidia card that doesn't use external power (but still uses the same driver) to test. Even if it turns out that my card is faulty, I can't afford to replace it right now.
