How do I determine which graphics card is being used?

Scott Beamer geekboy at angrykeyboarder.com
Wed Mar 3 12:23:27 UTC 2010


Karl F. Larsen spake thusly:

[....]

> 	Fedora will not solve your problem.

Why not?  I've had varying experiences with various Linux distros. What's 
"broken" on one works fine on another.

> The way to tell what your
> video card is to in a terminal type lspci and that will list what it is.

You've obviously not read this thread from the beginning.  I did that to 
start with and determined that the video card is recognized but wasn't 
being utilized due to (then) lack of a proprietary driver.

 
> 	Perhaps even back to windows if Ubuntu seems too hard to work
> with...

I never left Windows.

I don't limit myself to one OS.

While I have your attention, I have some suggested reading for you:

   http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct








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