a couple of graphics questions

[angelbeast]

I was wondering how do i determine which graphics card and drivers i have. also how to tell if 3D acceleration is enabled or not. Thanks in advance!

[proxima_centauri]

Hi,

You can

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lspci

in terminal to find out your graphics card (among many other things)
For me

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lspci | grep VGA

specifically lists my graphics card but that may not necessarily work for you.

Also a good terminal tool is inxi, it may be installed by default in LM7, but maybe not in LM6. Once it is installed, you can run something like

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inxi -v 5

to list a lot of info on your PC.

[angelbeast]

Hi,

You can

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lspci

in terminal to find out your graphics card (among many other things)
For me

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lspci | grep VGA

specifically lists my graphics card but that may not necessarily work for you.

Also a good terminal tool is inxi, it may be installed by default in LM7, but maybe not in LM6. Once it is installed, you can run something like

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inxi -v 5

to list a lot of info on your PC.

Hey thanks for the info. So if i see something like this: "Graphics: Card ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) X.Org 1.6.0 Res 1280x800@59.8hz". does that mean a driver is installed and 3D acceleration is activated?

[proxima_centauri]

That output just tells you your hardware, so you have an ATI card. You want to install the proprietary drivers, look into the program Envy for an easy set up of those drivers.

[angelbeast]

That output just tells you your hardware, so you have an ATI card. You want to install the proprietary drivers, look into the program Envy for an easy set up of those drivers.

How do i get Envy? I know it used to come pre installed but i don't see it in Gloria.

[proxima_centauri]

I think it's command line only for the time being in Gloria.

[angelbeast]

I found it in the software portal. Trying it now

[angelbeast]

I think it's command line only for the time being in Gloria.

I've got it now but it says all of the available drivers are not recommended. Envy hs never told me that before.

[angelbeast]

Hmmm...I see Nvidia drivers in mintinstall but if i recall correctly i need the ati drivers...man this is messed up *LOL*

[richyrich]

From reading other posts concerning ATI drivers, you may be out of luck!
It seems that ATI has dropped support for older ATI graphics cards in all of the latest distributions!
Husse has recommended others to go to ATI, and download the legacy drivers from there.

Hope this might help.

regards, Richard

[angelbeast]

From reading other posts concerning ATI drivers, you may be out of luck!
It seems that ATI has dropped support for older ATI graphics cards in all of the latest distributions!
Husse has recommended others to go to ATI, and download the legacy drivers from there.

Hope this might help.

regards, Richard

Ugh...I can't seem to find anything on the ati site. I'm not really sure which version of the driver i'm looking for.

[richyrich]

Hi,
This is what you are looking for:

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/l ... linux.aspx

You may have to read the release notes to find your specific vga card, or you may have to experiment . .

regards, Richard

[angelbeast]

Hi,
This is what you are looking for:

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/l ... linux.aspx

You may have to read the release notes to find your specific vga card, or you may have to experiment . .

regards, Richard

I see one that says it supports Ubuntu 9.04. Would that be the one i want? This just isn't making sense like it used to...grrrr

[richyrich]

Nope . . that is the one that doesn't support the legacy gpu's. (probably the same one that Envy doesn't recommend)
If it was my guess, I'd try the 9.2, as it supports Xorg 7.4, and it was released prior to the Jaunty/Gloria releases.

but, please, it is only my guess, download the release notes to make sure!

good luck, Richard

[angelbeast]

Nope . . that is the one that doesn't support the legacy gpu's. (probably the same one that Envy doesn't recommend)
If it was my guess, I'd try the 9.2, as it supports Xorg 7.4, and it was released prior to the Jaunty/Gloria releases.

but, please, it is only my guess, download the release notes to make sure!

good luck, Richard

Okay i'll give that one a try...But now if it messes up how do i uninstall it? hehe

[richyrich]

Just click the 9.2 driver on the link I sent you, on the right side you will find some links, the FAQ's will tell you.

[angelbeast]

Okay i got this error while attempting to install...What does it all mean?

Error: ./default_policy.sh does not support version
default:v2:i686:lib::none:2.6.29-02062903-generic; make sure that the version is being
correctly set by --iscurrentdistro

Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.WzKRIE

[richyrich]

Mint 6 is 2.6.27-7
Look for another.

[angelbeast]

Mint 6 is 2.6.27-7
Look for another.

So it won't install if it's not the right one? So i can just try them till i find one that installs and it looks like it shouldbe correct? *LOL*

[richyrich]

I'm sorry, I was reading your signature and it said Mint 6, now I see it is Mint 7, which uses the Linux kernel 2.6.28-11
It should state what version of Linux kernel it is compatible with.

regards, Richard
ps: I'll be signing off for the night, good luck.