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Is Intel graphics driver auto-installed in Ubuntu? I want to see it. Is there any command line to check it out?

My desktop icons looks big and some web pages tab are not showing text completely.

Output of lshw -C video:

*-display 
       description: VGA compatible controller 
       product: Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller 
       vendor: Intel Corporation 
       physical id: 2 
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 
       version: 06 
       width: 64 bits 
       clock: 33MHz 
       capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom 
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 
       resources: irq:28 memory:f7800000-f7bfffff memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:f000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff

I think it is a video driver problem. So I think I need to install drivers. How do I install that?

Kulfy
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Salim
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  • lsmod will list your kernel modules (drivers), though I'd use sudo lshw -C video to list your hardware (of class video) and look for the module being used in the 'driver=' configuration line. For most intel drivers, intel themselves add them to the linux source code so as long as your unstated release contains a kernel with driver for your hardware - you're good. This doesn't apply to all intel cards, but release (and its kernel) is the largest clue (along with your video card & it's age) – guiverc Feb 05 '19 at 12:38
  • Output i got.

    sudo lshw -C video

    *-display
    description: VGA compatible controller product: Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 version: 06 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 resources: irq:28 memory:f7800000-f7bfffff memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:f000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff

     – Salim Feb 05 '19 at 14:23
  • The drivers are installed as they typically are for Intel graphics. –  Feb 06 '19 at 14:52
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    Open Ubuntu Software Store > Add-ons > Hardware Drivers. There you Will find an universal OpenCL driver for Intel CPU – Jaber Al Nahian May 06 '19 at 08:01
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    Possible duplicate of How do I install the Intel Graphics driver in my system? – karel Jul 14 '19 at 09:12

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