I cant seem to download/install the intel graphics drivers for fedora (the cpu is whatever half a q6600 is, dual core instead of 4). Ive tried everything from the official website to the internal steam gpu driver installer. Right now I just need plain steps with links.
Please stay on topic, -Shadow
Aren't the drivers installed by default in fedora? Intel's drivers should work out-of-the-box on all distros. If for some reason not then the steps to install them would be: 1 - add the repo. 2 - update the repo. 3 - install the drivers.
What have you tried to do so far?
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On the other hand if you're having issues with the drivers you can most likely fix it by tweaking the configuration file.
Yeah im confused.. official intel drivers from some site? You mean this site https://kernel.org/ ? whats an "internal steam gpu driver installer"? Im serious, ive not heard this before so would like to know. I also know Fedora doesnt have such a thing.
To get intel graphics working you need three things. Linux kernel, mesa, and xf86-video-intel. These are the official intel drivers, and all are provided already by Fedora by default.
Maybe you can give us more info on exactly what your trying to achieve? Are you having other issues?
If the bundled drivers are not working for you, maybe this will help:
But generally you don't need such things
That site says not to use them because Fedora has them by default. It looks like the installer is basically a 3rd part install of the latest mesa. Which makes sense. But your better going with your distros if you can, with Fedora they always ship the latest.
Just use the mesa drivers provided. Getting the shitty drivers from intel won't do anything for a laptop or desktop.