intel_panel_fitter command not found

[Volker Wysk]

Am Dienstag, 12. September 2017, 04:38:33 CEST schrieb Jon Danniken:
> On 9/11/17 6:23 AM, Volker Wysk wrote:
> > Am Montag, 11. September 2017, 05:15:18 CEST schrieb Jon Danniken:
> >> On 9/11/17 1:01 AM, Volker Wysk wrote:
> >>> Am Sonntag, 10. September 2017, 14:25:15 CEST schrieb Jon Danniken:
> >>>> Hello all, I am running Kubuntu 14.04 on a Toshiba Satellite L675
> >>>> (Intel
> >>>> i3 380M, Ironlake).
> >>>> 
> >>>> I am trying to correct for overscan on the HDMI output of the laptop,
> >>>> so
> >>>> I installed intel-gpu-tools in order to use the intel_panel_fitter
> >>>> application.  Unfortunately, while there is a man page installed for
> >>>> intel_panel_fitter, running the command itself comes up with "command
> >>>> not found".
> >>>> 
> >>>> Any ideas why intel_panel_fitter isn't found after installing
> >>>> intel-gpu-tools?
> >>> 
> >>> Try "apt-file search intel_panel_fitter".
> >> 
> >> Thanks Volker.  That returns just a listing of the man file:
> >> 
> >> $ apt-file search intel_panel_fitter
> >> intel-gpu-tools: /usr/share/man/man1/intel_panel_fitter.1.gz
> > 
> > You have done "apt-file update" before, haven't you...
> 
> Indeed, it was the first thing I did upon installing apt-file this
> morning. :)
> 
> > I've found this in the man page (https://www.mankier.com/1/
intel_panel_fitter):
> >      "In the future, there will be support for this feature inside the
> >      Linux
> >      Kernel."
> > 
> > Perhaps this is your case?
> 
> This is possible, but in such a case how would I access it?

I have no idea...

 
> > Otherwise, you could try to build intel_panel_fitter from the sources:
> > 
> > cd /tmp
> > apt-get source intel-gpu-tools
> > cd intel-gpu-tools-1.14
> > 
> > There appears tools/intel_panel_fitter.c, which should be what you are
> > looking for.
> 
> Thanks Volker, I will try this along with the configure/make steps from
> your subsequent post.  Much appreciated!

Hope it works.

Cheers
Volker