Debian 3D Acceleration with Intel HD 3000

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People on this question say that the Intel HD 3000 card should work out of the box on Ubuntu 11.10, no tweaking needed. This appears to be a relatively recent occurrence.

I think this means it should also work out of the box on Debian, as long as the kernel is >= 2.6.39. As of last September this required a backport for Squeeze. So Wheezy, which comes with more recent kernels, may be an easier option.

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deed02392

I am currently employed as an IT security engineer. I frequently code in my spare time and have been deeply involved in computing for as long as I can remember (my earliest memories are navigating my full 4 GB hard drive on Windows 95 and thinking, what is all this junk occupying C:\windows\ and taking up room for all my games? Delete!). I'd like to share my tips and tricks and anything else I've picked up over the years with the StackExchange community, so I look forward to helping!

Updated on September 18, 2022

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deed02392 over 1 year

I'm looking at installing XBMC in Debian on a mATX PC I'll use as both a NAS and HTPC.

I am currently researching the actual components that will make up this computer and I'm considering how graphics need to be accounted for. I don't know exactly what Xorg is, technically, all I know is it's needed for graphics environments.

Anyway, I want to use XFCE on Debian but for 1080p decoding with built in Intel HD 300 graphics I assume some special drivers are needed to take advantage of this? No doubt this would 'just work' out the box on Windows, but I want to use Linux for its features that make running a NAS on it more power-user friendly.

tldr: What exactly are the technical considerations that need to be made with getting integrated graphics hardware acceleration working under Linux (Debian) environments? Must I make it work with Xorg, XFCE and the media player itself (XMBC)?
- JamesGecko about 12 years
  
  X.org supplies hardware acceleration. XFCE and XMBC run on top of it and use the hardware acceleration it provides.
deed02392 about 12 years

I need it to work on Debian. All the bloat that comes with Ubuntu is unnecessary to me.
JamesGecko about 12 years

Doh! Had AskUbuntu open and got mixed up. I think it should also work out of the box on Debian, as long as the kernel is >= 2.6.39. As of last September, this required a backport for Squeeze, so Wheezy may be an easier option.
deed02392 about 12 years

That's really helpful James, thanks for finding that for me. Perhaps you should edit your answer to contain the above and then your downvote will magically become an upvote/accepted answer. :$ :)