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I'm a Linux noob so bear with me. The 4 year old PCs in my class all have integrated video processing. Do I need to install Linux video drivers? The ...
  1. 04-12-2010 #1
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    Stupid Question

    I'm a Linux noob so bear with me. The 4 year old PCs in my class all have integrated video processing. Do I need to install Linux video drivers?

    The manufacturer site doesn't list any Linux drivers ...

    I run Edubuntu 9.10.
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    You'll need to issue this command in a terminal window and post the info back here.
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    lspci | grep -i vga
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    Prefix sudo to gain root privileges.
    Code:
    sudo lspci | grep -i vga
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    Linux comes with a series of built-in drivers ready for your type of video. You shoudn't have to worry about it. Linux is smart enough to determine what you have for a video, and will pick out the necessary driver for it. If it can't find one, then it will difinitely let you know.
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    Root privs

    Quote Originally Posted by devils casper View Post
    Prefix sudo to gain root privileges.
    Code:
    sudo lspci | grep -i vga
    root is not needed to run lspci....
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    root is not needed to run lspci....
    Actually, that depends. Some distros don't put lspci in the normal users execution path.
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    iirc, you must have root privileges to execute lspci command in Ubuntu.
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    Quote Originally Posted by handydan918 View Post
    root is not needed to run lspci....
    No, and for the example given, it's not necessary. But the verbose form (lspci -v) will return "access denied" for device capabilities for vanilla users.

    But onederer has it right. Any of the common integrated graphics (Intel, ATI, nVidia) will work "out of the box".

    Edit: Root not necessary in the distros I'm most familiar with, RH, Centos, etc. Will defer to Casper on Ubuntu, don't have an instance handy to check on.
    Last edited by Mudgen; 04-13-2010 at 02:31 AM. Reason: Acknowledgment
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    The Sis card is a bit tricky to manage. I had to specifically state the "Sis" driver in Xorg.conf to enable acceleration, and SisCtrl (a separate package) to quickly shift frequencies. Depends on how much fine tuning control you want over the VidCard.
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    Quote Originally Posted by devils casper View Post
    iirc, you must have root privileges to execute lspci command in Ubuntu.
    Ubuntu 9.10: not confirmed. I could run lspci, lspci -v, and lspci -vv as a normal user. I also diffed lspci and sudo lspci to find no difference.

    Code:
    $ uname -a
Linux galileo 2.6.31-20-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 12 05:23:09 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
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