intel driver is not installed

[Pim Spelier]

After

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel

En changing the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "intel"
Option "AccelMethod" "sna"
EndSection

The intel driver is still not installed: lshw -c video gives

configuration: latency=0

, so there's no driver at all. Also, lspci -kvnn has no kernel driver in use on the VGA compatible controller. The kernel module is i915, as to be expected.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-98.121-generic 4.4.90
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-98-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
Date: Thu Nov 23 18:18:49 2017
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics [8086:1616] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics [1043:1a5d]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-03 (292 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X302LA
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-98-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=57e9935d-9cc7-4b40-a269-ec5aeee3d53b ro recovery nomodeset
Renderer: Software
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/24/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: X302LA.204
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: X302LA
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrX302LA.204:bd08/24/2015:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnX302LA:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnX302LA:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: X302LA
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160823-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.76-1~ubuntu16.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.2.4-0ubuntu1~16.04.0
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1.2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2
xserver.bootTime: Thu Nov 23 18:02:24 2017
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:
 open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
 open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
 Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
 AIGLX: reverting to software rendering
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:

xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.7

[dino99 (9d9)]

The description of that package says:

The use of this driver is discouraged if your hw is new enough (ca.
2007 and newer). You can try uninstalling this driver and let the
server use it's builtin modesetting driver instead.

So you dont need it.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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