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Old 08-09-2006, 02:34 PM   #1
czezz
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how to verify my VGA card


Is there any way to verify in shell (command line) what is my VGA card ?
I was trying:
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#/dmesg | grep vga
#/dmesg | grep VGA
with no success

btw. I cant open comp.
VGA does not display before bootstrap so I am not able to see what is this.
 
Old 08-09-2006, 02:41 PM   #2
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Try using something like; lspci -v
 
Old 08-09-2006, 02:44 PM   #3
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Check in /proc/pci.
 
Old 08-09-2006, 02:45 PM   #4
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Yea nevermind do what he said
 
  


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