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Onboard GFX fails Systemtest for video/Jerky GFX

Asked by Dave4TW

Hello,

I'm running on a Dell Dimension 3000 desktop currently, which has onboard Intel Extreme Graphics 2 and has Ubuntu 9.04 (32bit Desktop) installed.

I've noticed that where on my laptop it displays the Ubuntu loading bar during startup, the screen remains black on this desktop (still loads fine though). Generally, there is a bit of graphical stuttering, and I also fail the built-in 'System testing' video-test; the window pops up, but it doesn't display static and/or graphical lines like it does on the other PCs I run Ubuntu on.

Is there anything I can do to fix/improve this, or is it simply because it's an integrated (and quite old) GFX card?

Thanks and let me know. I will try to respond to any query's you might have within the hour.

Kind regards,

Dave White

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Have you installed video card drivers for the card?

If you use:

sudo lshw -C display

(no idea why it needs sudo, but it does)

you can see what video card you have and websearch how to install drivers from there

If you paste the text here we may be able to advise.

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Dave4TW (myself-white) said : 		#2

Hi,

Thank you for your quick response :)

Here's the output:

*-display UNCLAIMED
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm cap_list
       configuration: latency=0

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/343690

It uses the "intel" driver

you will need to play with /etc/X11/xorg.conf to get a nice display, the fact it is UNCLAIMED implies there is no driver setup for it (although the driver is a part of a (bloated) default install of Ubuntu). It just needs config

You will need to use:

gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

to get write access, and will need to restart X (CTRL + SysRq + K) to apply any settings you set.

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Dave4TW (myself-white) said : 		#4

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.