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Asked by Joel Stein

I just updated to 11.04. Upon restarting my computer I got the message that I did not have the required hardware to run UNITY and had to use the classical appearance. I don't understand. What other hardware could I possibly need?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of:

sudo lshw -C display; uname -a; lsb_release -a

Thanks

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Joel Stein (jstein-tidewater) said : 		#2

Sorry but I'm not sure what output you need. Here is what I got in response: VGA compatible controller
C61 GForce
Vendor: NVIDIA Corp
Physical ID: D
 Bus info: pci @0000:00.0d.0
Version: a2
width: 64 bits
clock: 66 mhz
capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0
resources: irq:22

There were a few other things I can include if necessary. Sorry for my ignorance.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Output of:

uname -a; lsb_release -a

Thanks

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Joel Stein (jstein-tidewater) said : 		#4

No LSB modules are available
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
release: 11.04
Code Name: natty

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

ok then run:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-173

Then reboot, should be ok

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Joel Stein (jstein-tidewater) said : 		#6

Problem solved. Can't thank you enough.

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Joel Stein (jstein-tidewater) said : 		#7

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.