Description of problem: Since the day I first purchased this Toshiba laptop, Fedora hasn't been running properly, which I did not learn until now. I use an Intel i3 chip, and as far as I know, the graphics system is integrated into the CPU. I'm not a hardware expert, so please pardon any mistakes on my part. One of the first things I installed on my laptop was Intel's provided graphics installer for Linux (https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/2014/intelr-graphics-installer-1.0.4-linux). Doing this had little to no effect on improving my computer's performance for gaming or just a smooth and interactive experience with the UI of the operating system. I tried installing multiple sets of drivers and different packages to no avail. On AskFedora, where I originally learned that what I was experiencing was a bug, a user had me run `ls /dev/dri/`, and no files or directories were found at this location (also, AskFedora link is at the bottom). It wasn't until I manually edited the kernel on bootup and added `i915.modeset=1` to one of the lines that I was able to successfully load the driver, and for lack of a better way of putting, "truly" experience Fedora like the way it was meant to be experienced. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Unknown How reproducible: Until I edited the grub.cfg file and added `i915.modeset=1` to the kernel command line, this would happen every time. Actual results: OS is unable to load the i915 driver automatically on startup and performance on computer is drastically reduced from its full capabilities Expected results: Successfully load the i915 driver Additional info: Further tests and trials on AskFedora (https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/38116/issues-with-libgl-on-fedora-20-unable-to-load-driver-swrast/)
What else do you have on the kernel command line?
Hey Adam, Here is the excerpt from my grub2.cfg file for the latest kernel. I think this is what you need, but if not, just let me know. Thanks. menuentry 'Fedora (3.17.2-200.fc20.x86_64) 20 (Heisenbug)' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.11.10-301.fc20.x86_64-advanced-53faeb77-9d8c-4034-8eaa-b83f9f592e9a' { load_video set gfxpayload=keep insmod gzio insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos1' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 --hint='hd0,msdos1' f39073af-35a2-41d3-a8bf-d38c9bfafe67 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root f39073af-35a2-41d3-a8bf-d38c9bfafe67 fi linux /vmlinuz-3.17.2-200.fc20.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/fedora-root ro rd.lvm.lv=fedora/swap nomodeset rd.lvm.lv=fedora/root vconsole.font=latarcyrheb-sun16 rhgb quiet LANG=en_US.UTF-8 i915.modeset=1 initrd /initramfs-3.17.2-200.fc20.x86_64.img }
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