Graphics problem

[hayden78]

Hey guys =)


I am running Mint on my pc right now, off a usb flash... because it is the only distro I could find to run solely off a 2 gb usb... have to get a new hdd.

The problem is, for some reason , I cannot get simple things such as 'visual effects' to work. I am not sure of the graphics card I have, just started using it and unable to locate where it says what I have.

Could someone maybe give a noob some pointers?

Thank you in advance.


edit*

sudo lshw -C display
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0



This what I have, yeah// older computer. Not very good I am thinking.

[devils casper]

Your Graphics Card doesn't support 'visual effects' and its not possible to enable those in your machine.