My laptop is HP Pavilion g7 (Intel® Core™ i5-2430M CPU with Radeon HD 6470M and Intel HD 3000 GPUs
Already have played with Ubuntu on older spec desktops with no issues at all, however when when installing Ubuntu 18.04 from installation USB, had to boot with nomodeset to overcome freezing as a result of Ubuntu 18.04 not recognising/supporting these drivers
Tried to search for additional drivers but none found
Video handling resorts to llvmpipe (LLVM 9.0.0, 256 bits)
My problem is that Video Playback is VLC very choppy in full screen mode - seems to get a little better when minimised, but effectively not usable.
Have tried many threads posted regarding this problem, but nothing seems to work.
Would really like to migrate my workload onto Ubuntu 18.04 operating system, but this seems to be a real non starter where i can't play video content, as video editing is a core function in my workload.
Not sure if there is a solution for this, however after researching many similar threads, coupled with your in depth response to similar problems leaves me hopeful that you can point me in the right direction, or worst case scenario tell me there is no solution at all, and that I will have to stick to the hateful Windows 10 which is supported and working.
1) not sure if it is just a simple graphics acceleration problem ?
2) as flgrx no longer supported (for AMD Catalyst on Radeon HD 6470 M - can I disable this GPU somewhere on boot - as this seems to be where boot goes into a tizz. If so, how would I do this.
3) if i did this would XORG then recognise other GPU - Intel HD 3000 and give me correct rendering to eliminate choppy video
I am a noob, but have been playing with Ubuntu for some time, albeit at very low level, not totally computer illiterate, but do feel I am out of my depth in trying to resolve this. It just seems odd that it works fine on much lower spec and older desktops, but that I cant get this to work on my not so outdated laptop.
Ubuntu Release 18.04.3
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: bionic
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: bcmwl, 6.30.223.271+bdcom, 5.0.0-31-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [103c:1672]
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Seymour [Radeon HD 6400M/7400M Series] [1002:6760] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Radeon HD 6470M [103c:1672]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-10-11 (9 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190805)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion g7 Notebook PC
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: xorg-server (not installed)
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.0.0-31-generic root=UUID=5af1c600-cea9-443a-9766-d8c15a58523e ro nomodeset quiet splash vt.handoff=1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-31.33~18.04.1-generic 5.0.21
Tags: bionic ubuntu
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-31-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
XorgLog:
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 01/24/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde
dmi.bios.version: F.66
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 1672
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: 09.4C
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.66:bd01/24/2013:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliong7NotebookPC:pvr0691120000204610000620100:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1672:rvr09.4C:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.family: 103C_5335KV G=N L=CON B=HP S=PAV X=Null
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion g7 Notebook PC
dmi.product.sku: QH562EA#ACQ
dmi.product.version: 0691120000204610000620100
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.100+git1910190630.fc9336~oibaf~b
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 19.3~git1910201930.4c9b9e~oibaf~b
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 19.3~git1910201930.4c9b9e~oibaf~b
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A
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