I heard that Intel is finally providing the drivers here:

http://intellinuxgraphics.org/download.html

But I have no idea what I'm supposed to do to compile/install them. There isn't much direction on what steps to take on their site. Kind of a N00b here. Can anyone please help me. I'm runing Ubuntu Dapper on a Dell Latitude D505.

Thanks!

Progress: I installed git-core and was able to download the "mesa" driver to my home folder... now what steps do I follow to compile and install it? Thanks

Usually, when installing programs from source, you open a terminal window.
Change to the folder that it is contained in (be sure that you did any necessary decompressing), run the configure script (type ./configure), type make, and as root (or through sudo) make install. Although sometimes the program comes with some sort of install script that does the job for you.

If you don't know how to use the bash shell, learn how to FAST.

PS. Search Synaptic for the driver first, it will make installing and updating it faster and easier, unless your Linux can't connect to the web because of driver problems.

If any errors pop up,then you are probably missing something that is needed by the program

update: if you can't find anything in synaptic, hire a pro to install it for you, that package will not work with any of the usual instructions

I found some instructions for a site that was linked to it:
after going the the correct folder in a terminal window, type

$ ./autogen.sh --prefix=/opt/gfx-test --with-driver=dri --disable-glut
$ make
# make install
# mkdir -p /opt/gfx-test/bin
# install -m755 progs/xdemos/{glxinfo,glxgears} /opt/gfx-test/bin/

PS. If you see "#" before a command, that means do it through the root account or sudo, if "$", any user can do this

don't ask what the last command is about, I'm clueless

Ubuntu has the up to date intel graphics drivers already..
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel