graphics problems with Focal(20) apparently out of date or missing stuff

[Bret Busby]

On 6/7/23 23:03, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 6/7/23 21:16, Mike Marchywka wrote:
>> Its a Dell Precision apparently with intel chip set although I was 
>> hoping to find
>> that in /sys or /proc somewhere :)
>>
>>   Mike Marchywka
>> 44 Crosscreek Trail
>> Jasper GA 30143
>> was 306 Charles Cox Drive  Canton, GA 30115
>> 470-758-0799
>> 404-788-1216
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: ubuntu-users <ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com> on behalf 
>> of Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2023 8:51 AM
>> To: Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions
>> Subject: Re: graphics problems with Focal(20) apparently out of date 
>> or missing stuff
>>
>> On Thu, 6 Jul 2023 at 13:31, Mike Marchywka <marchywka at hotmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> but there have been a few problems mostly with the graphics
>>> although it looks like in general there may be missed dependencies-
>>> if I install "foo-extra" it may not get "foo-base" although I was
>>> not paying close attention installing the base things solved some 
>>> problems.
>>
>> What make/model of computer?
>>
>> What GPU?
>>
>> Have you checked your system firmware is current? If not, do so, and
>> update it if it is not.
>>
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> 
> Try lshw , if you want to use command line stuff. I believe that a more 
> aesthetic equivalent, exists, but, I do not remember the name of it.
> 
> Otherwise, try, in the menu's, Administration -> "System Profiler and 
> Benchmark" . And, if you do not have that installed, use Synaptic to 
> find and install it.
> 
> ..
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
> (UTC+0800)
> ..............
> 
> 
That last paragraph should have been "System Tools (Not Administration) 
-> System Profiler and Benchmark"; and, as an example (much prettier), 
doing that, and, choosing "Generate a Report", from the report,for this 
computer, I have

"
-Computer-
Processor		: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v4 @ 2.00GHz
Memory		: 131818MB (56013MB used)
Machine Type		: Tower
Operating System		: Linux Mint 21.1
User Name		: bret (Bret Busby)
Date/Time		: Thu 06 Jul 2023 23:32:39
-Display-
Resolution		: 1920x1080 pixels
OpenGL Renderer		: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER/PCIe/SSE2
X11 Vendor		: The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter		: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
Audio Adapter		: USB-Audio - AAPDQT-0622-W
Audio Adapter		: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
"

So, that utility is (I believe) well worth having, and, using,to extract 
the requested information.

Regarding Liam's reference to having the latest firmware, I expect that, 
if the latest (for the OS version) firmware is not installed, that would 
be shown as an available update, using

sudo -i
apt update
apt full-upgrade (which lists all of the update packages available)

- if I am correct in that - if I am not correct in that, I expect that 
that will be revealed ("mone me si erro").

..
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
..............