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Enabling 3D acceleration in Debian stable

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I installed Debian Wheezy on my daughter's desktop computer. It has Intel i5-4570 (Haswell) CPU and integrated Intel HD 4600 graphics chipset. No discrete graphics card. I'm unable to enable 3D acceleration on the installed OS. **How do I enable 3D acceleration on the machine that has Intel HD 4600 graphics chip?** Below is some info: user1@desktop:~$ glxinfo|grep direct direct rendering: Yes user1@desktop:~$ glxinfo|grep render direct rendering: Yes OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x209) GL_NV_conditional_render, GL_AMD_draw_buffers_blend, user1@desktop:~$ xdriinfo Screen 0: not direct rendering capable. When I remove the HDD from the desktop computer and put it into my wife's laptop computer and boot into Debian, it appears that 3D acceleration is enabled. The laptop computer has Intel i7-3612QM (Ivy-bridge) CPU and integrated Intel HD 4000 graphics chipset. Have a look at the results: user2@laptop:~$ glxinfo|grep direct direct rendering: Yes user2@laptop:~$ glxinfo|grep render direct rendering: Yes OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ivybridge Mobile GL_NV_conditional_render, GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility, user2@laptop:~$ xdriinfo Screen 0: i965
Asked by user82098 (121 rep)
Aug 26, 2014, 05:49 PM
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