Guys i recently migrated from windows to linux .i installed ubuntu 9.10 on my 32 bit system i faced this pblm .when i tried to enable visual effects
error occurs and it says 'visual effects cant be enabled.i tried this
System->Administration->Hardware Drivers.But window appeared saying ''no proprietary drivers are in use on this system''..If i have to install them what i need to do .
my graphic card info is as ::

vikram@vikram-desktop:~$ sudo lshw -C video
[sudo] password for vikram:
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: KM400/KN400/P4M800 [S3 UniChrome]
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm agp agp-2.0 bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=32 mingnt=2
resources: memory:d8000000-dbffffff(prefetchable) memory:dc000000-dcffffff memory:dd000000-dd00ffff(prefetchable)
vikram@vikram-desktop:~$

post the output of lspci

vikram@vikram-desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [KM400/A] Chipset Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/VX700 PCI Bridge
00:09.0 Modem: Motorola SM56 Data Fax Modem (rev 04)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. KM400/KN400/P4M800 [S3 UniChrome] (rev 01)
vikram@vikram-desktop:~$

yes guys plz post replies ...

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...me/+bug/293326
That might help. Could you output of dmesg?

We have been posting replies, in your OTHER THREAD FOR THE EXACT SAME QUESTION. Don't double-post the same thing twice in different forums. And keep in mind we're all volunteers here...posting the original question at 1:55, then coming back asking for more answers at 2:21 is very rude.

The only difference between your two threads, is that you're not mentioning your dying hard drive in this one.