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I was trying this but get errors: installing-intel-graphics-driver-in-ubuntu-16-04

Error message:

Checking if Intel graphics card available...
  • checking for i915 module in /sys/module
  • i915 module found
Checking if Intel graphics card available... OK
Retrieving information from 01.org...
  • fetching https://download.01.org/gfx/ilg-config.cfg
  • saving to /home/sujan/.ilg-config
  • fetched 1626 bytes
  • fetched 9818 bytes
  • fetched 12301 bytes
  • looking up [Ubuntu artful] configuration
Retrieving information from 01.org... OK
Checking distribution... Failed
Thomas
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Ashrafuzzaman Sujan
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  • Intel® Graphics Update Tool v2.0.6 for Ubuntu* 17.04, 64-bit – Ashrafuzzaman Sujan Nov 25 '17 at 18:01
  • Where did you get the Intel® Graphics Update Tool for 17.04? I'm just able to find the one for 16.04, and as you're using Artful (it seems) of course the distribution check fails for both of them. What's your actual question? – dessert Nov 25 '17 at 19:23
  • here is the url: https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/intel-graphics-update-tool-linux-os-v2.0.6

    @dessert Just I need to install Intel Graphics driver on my Ubuntu 17.10

     – Ashrafuzzaman Sujan Nov 25 '17 at 20:29
  • May I ask why you want to install this driver? What's the problem? – dessert Nov 25 '17 at 20:38
  • currently my PC using an alternative driver for Intel graphics card. But Intel graphics driver is available so I want to use this one. – Ashrafuzzaman Sujan Nov 26 '17 at 18:26
  • Well, as you see the proprietary driver Intel provides is for 17.04, not 17.10 – I doubt you can work around that. If there's no problem just stick with the free alternative you currently use. – dessert Nov 26 '17 at 19:01
  • Historically, Intel drivers have been buggy. For great Linux video, you had to go with nVidia. ATI usually works. I would love to see Intel get their act together because my current system is forcing me to use Intel video, which works well enough with the default drivers. A lot better than it used to. I don't do any 3D, or when I do, it's pretty sparkly. – GlenPeterson Dec 12 '17 at 15:17
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    graphics tool is deprecated https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/update-tool – austin Nov 19 '18 at 16:54

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Until now Intel doesn't offer support for Ubuntu 17.10. I'm using updated drivers from ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers with 2 external monitors, so far without any problems on integrated graphic:

$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 vga 
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 630 [8086:5912] (rev 04)
        Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation HD Graphics 630 [1849:5912]
        Kernel driver in use: i915

You can install Updated and Optimized Open Graphics Drivers from PPA repository:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
Tombart
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Just change temporarily /etc/lsb-release to correspond to Zesty Zapus, it will work fine.

First, make backup

sudo cp /etc/lsb-release /etc/lsb-release.backup

Then edit the file

sudo -H gedit /etc/lsb-release

Replace contents with:

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=17.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=zesty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 17.04"

When you are done installing the tool and the drivers, simply revert the changes:

sudo rm -f /etc/lsb-release
sudo cp /etc/lsb-release.backup /etc/lsb-release
Zanna
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Luka
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  • I have fetched an error. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1csQOCtV5BEZIJowjXX4itygEsO5JcTn0/view?usp=sharing – Ashrafuzzaman Sujan Dec 19 '17 at 04:07
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    You didn't follow the instruction on the download page, you need to install signatures. Here is how, run:

    wget https://download.01.org/gfx/RPM-GPG-GROUP-KEY-ilg and sudo apt-key add RPM-GPG-GROUP-KEY-ilg

     – Luka Dec 19 '17 at 19:07
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    It worked for me after installing the signatures, I think it should be added in the main answer, but you know better. – codersaif Dec 22 '17 at 18:57
  • or apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 611B903CAB97EA77 – SteveSong Dec 28 '17 at 16:02
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Up to now Intel haven't provided a graphics driver for 17.10, the latest version of the Intel graphics update tool for Linux is v2.0.6 for Ubuntu 17.04 and this software obviously doesn't work for Ubuntu 17.10.

Zanna
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dessert
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  • I don't believe that offer support for 17.10 even today. They have released their 2017Q3 INTEL GRAPHICS STACK RECIPE but I don't believe thats made it over to 17.10 yet – Slick Nov 28 '17 at 03:06
  • And 17.04 isn't supported anymore by Canonical... Last time I tried I had Release notes file error – Waldemar Wosiński Mar 05 '18 at 11:34