[SOLVED] Check Compatibilty Video Card & Ubuntu 9.04

[nujinini]

Dear Colleagues,

Greetings! I installed Ubuntu 8.04 in my old laptop w/c used to run on XP. I upgraded it twice to 8.1 & now 9.04. Since the first version (8.04), I was not able to turn on the effects. I tried to but it says it cannot. I wanted to install CCSM with all its cool effects. I thought it was because of the 8.04 version but now after upgrading to 9.04, I think the issue is with my laptop.

Can somebody please tell me how to check in the terminal if the problem is the video card or driver or something? Or is it a problem of incompatibility? And if possible, how to solve the issues so that all the CCSM can run?

As always, I thank you for giving time and for sharing your thoughts.

Cheers!

the best,

nujinini

[devils casper]

Execute this

sudo lspci | grep -i vga
grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Post output here.

[Drunk_Mexican]

Here is a Forlong's Blog - Compiz-Check link that gives you a neat little command line program that tells you if your graphics card is working, whether or not your drivers are installed, and if not how to find them. It pretty much gets you set up so all you have to do is Drops down System->Preferences->Appearance->Visual Effects to get going.

Hope it helps.

[nujinini]

Execute this

sudo lspci | grep -i vga
grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Post output here.

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter

[Hal343]

That is an SIS integrated graphics chip, and like most integrated graphics chips, doesn't have the power to run compiz or any of the fancy graphics. You would have to buy a fairly new graphics card to enable them. My Nvidia 7300 chokes on them, so look for something better than that.

[nujinini]

That is an SIS integrated graphics chip, and like most integrated graphics chips, doesn't have the power to run compiz or any of the fancy graphics. You would have to buy a fairly new graphics card to enable them. My Nvidia 7300 chokes on them, so look for something better than that.

OK thanks for the info. I'm afraid I am not up to buying another graphics card. I just have to be contented with this old laptop running Ubuntu untill it dies a natural death.

Cheers!

[nujinini]

Here is a Forlong's Blog - Compiz-Check link that gives you a neat little command line program that tells you if your graphics card is working, whether or not your drivers are installed, and if not how to find them. It pretty much gets you set up so all you have to do is Drops down System->Preferences->Appearance->Visual Effects to get going.

Hope it helps.

Greetings! I checked the site. Very informative...
Cheers!

nujinini