Just launch a terminal. In the window that opens, run 'lspci -vv', then 'uname -a'.
If it tells you that lspci is not installed, it will give you the name of a package you can install to get lspci. On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:51:32PM -0700, Derek wrote: > Ok, where do I go to search for it? > > On Jul 22, 3:37 pm, Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 02:48:29PM -0700, Derek wrote: > > > I am not sure, I do not want to take apart this computer because it is > > > my grandfathers, and we may be turning it in for a new one soon. > > > > > And the second question you had, where can I find that? > > > > > On Jul 22, 2:36 pm, Chris Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Derek <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Given that I am new to the entire Linux thing, (and so used to the > > > > > Windows atmosphere) I am having slight problems with my O.S. > > > > > > > First of all, whenever it idles for a little bit, my screen goes black > > > > > and starts flashing multi-colored bars. I have Ubuntu 10.04 installed > > > > > on two desktop computers, and same story for both of them. It seems to > > > > > be a problem with the Screen saver, because when I tried to edit the > > > > > screen saver to switch it off, the black screen and multi colored bars > > > > > came up again. Also, if I have been using this O.S. for over an hour > > > > > straight, the same story. > > > > > > Sounds like a video driver issue. > > > > > > What video chip do you have, and what driver does Ubuntu say is > > > > installed? > > > > > > -- > > > > Registered Linux Addict #431495 > > > > For Faith and Family! | John 3:16!http://www.fsdev.net/ > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > > > Group. > > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > > > For more options, visit our group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > > You can get both pieces of information with lspci. Run 'lspci -vv' and > > find the stanza about your video card, and paste that output. i.e.: > > > > $ lspci -vv > > ... > > 04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 8400 GS] > > (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) > > Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device 1091 > > Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- > > Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- > > Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- > > <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- > > Latency: 0 > > Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16 > > Region 0: Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] > > Region 1: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] > > Region 3: Memory at fa000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M] > > Region 5: I/O ports at dc00 [size=128] > > [virtual] Expansion ROM at feae0000 [disabled] [size=128K] > > Capabilities: <access denied> > > Kernel driver in use: nvidia > > Kernel modules: nvidia > > > > This shows us what video card, and what driver the kernel's using. > > Also post the output of 'uname -a', since that will give us contextual > > information about the version of the video driver. > > > > application_pgp-signature_part > > < 1KViewDownload > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
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