Intel 945GME graphics is reported as "Unknown" in System Properties

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-themes/+bug/762167

I logged this myself. Install the package and you'll be ok with the warning you get.

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; xrandr

Thanks

Thanks -- I found bug 762167 pretty quick, and installed the package, voted for the bug.

For the Intel hardware being reported as "Unknown" in the System Properties thing, here's the output of the commands:

lshw -C display:

*-display:0
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 03
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:16 memory:98280000-982fffff ioport:60f0(size=8) memory:80000000-8fffffff memory:98300000-9833ffff
  *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
       description: Display controller
       product: Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2.1
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
       version: 03
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:98200000-9827ffff

lsb_release:

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric
No LSB modules are available.

and xrandr:

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 600, maximum 4096 x 4096
LVDS1 connected 1024x600+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 223mm x 125mm
   1024x600 60.1*+
   800x600 60.3 56.2
   640x480 59.9
VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

Here's what Google Chrome says about the GL driver (apart from some whimpering about Mesa being buggy and the chipset being "incompatible" with WebGL):

Driver Information
Initialization time 95
Vendor Id 0x8086
Device Id 0x27ae
Driver vendor Mesa
Driver version 7.11
Driver date
Pixel shader version 1.20
Vertex shader version 1.20
GL version 1.4
GL_VENDOR Tungsten Graphics, Inc
GL_RENDERER Mesa DRI Intel(R) 945GME x86/MMX/SSE2
GL_VERSION 1.4 Mesa 7.11
...and a very long list of extensions.

In addition, a Second Life client runs exactly as it did under Windows XP on the same machine, which implies that the Mesa driver is working properly.

According to:
http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-AOD250-1165-10-1-Inch-Netbook/dp/B0023B138W

You are using the max resolution for the screen and you have the i915 driver loaded which will make the video a little smoother.

What is the issue?

As stated in original post: System Info reports the video as "unknown." Is this a problem with the system which will bite me later, or merely a bug in the System Info applet?

To replicate:
(1) tap M$/Meta key
(2) type "System Info" into the dash search prompt
(3) Click the gear icon

On the overview pane it says Graphics: Unknown. On the Graphics pane, it says Driver: Unknown.

Why?

Should I remove xserver-xorg-video-intel (from Tungsten Graphics) and install the Intel driver (from Intel)?

I'm also a little confused as to why this question is suddenly filed under light-themes, when I thought I'd originally asked it under hardware&laptops.

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.