In device manager on Ubuntu..

DAVE666 · 01-18-2008, 12:13 AM

How do i locate what my graphics card is? Or could it be built in to the motherboard? What do i look for? I see a whole list of things but don't know which one would be my graphics card?
Thanks

thedonkdonk · 01-18-2008, 01:31 AM

As root or using sudo run:

Code:

update-pciids
lspci | grep VGA

This should show you the video card.

DAVE666 · 01-18-2008, 01:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thedonkdonk

As root or using sudo run:

Code:

update-pciids
lspci | grep VGA

This should show you the video card.

I have never used the above..I am brand new to Linux,how do i do so?
And would you be able to please read my other post and assist me?
Ubuntu is not booting,well it is but the graphics on the sign in page are all lines and fuzzy?
Thanks Dave

sophkos · 01-18-2008, 01:57 AM

If you can log in to your system, open a terminal. To log in as root you type
su
and then it prompts you for your root password. Then you can type what thedonkdonk has proposed.
To log out from root you type exit.
Hope I helped

DragonSlayer48DX · 01-18-2008, 03:50 AM

You need to look for Graphics Controller in the left pane, highlight it,
then select the PCI tab in the right pane to find the specifics.

Cheers