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video card driver needed

Asked by som1special2

I have a toshiba satellite h105 and forgot what type of video chip is in it.I know it is ATI and I am pretty sure it is IGP, but no model memory. I searched toshiba's site and it is a outdated laptop so no info. Windows allowed user to look at direct x information for the system thru the command line, can I do anything like that in ubuntu? I have downloaded a driver file from ati and want to make sure that it IS Linux compatable. I get a message saying new restricted video drivers in use.

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Pramod Dematagoda (pmdematagoda) said : 		#1

Post the outputs of:-
cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and
lshw -C video

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Best Nick Presta (nickpresta) said : 		#2

Hey,

There are several things you can do. The first involves some basic use of the command line interface. Open up a terminal and type in the following (without quotes) to determine if you have an ATI card and what sort of driver you need.

"lspci | grep VGA" (Look for any indication of a Radeon model number)

If you look at, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto#head-1b6c09ddeddf47504037eab60585c1878af2f55e, you will notice that if the output of the above command outputs a Radeon model number, you can use the binary ATI driver (follow the directions here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI) to get your 'fglrx' driver up and running.

However, if your Ubuntu system tells you that the latest restricted drivers are in use, you are probably already using the binary ATI driver and you don't have to worry about any of the above. :)

I hope this solves your problem, or at least gives you a direction in which to proceed. Post back if you are having any more trouble.

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som1special2 (c-perez) said : 		#3

Thanks Nick Presta, that solved my question.