On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 7:10 AM, jorl17 <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> saronn wrote:> > Ugh, I feel terrible. It's midnight, I just capped my internet connection> downloading files I found out I don't need, and I have no idea where to go> next. What do other people do that I need to do? What do other people have> that I don't have? I'm back to square one after 3 weeks. Shouldn't there be> ANY explanation to what I have to do? Other people install Linux and all> they have to do is download a file. Some don't even have to do ANYTHING. I'm> tired, annoyed, and frustrated. I think I might go get some sleep. I know> only a few of you can help me, but please, I'll try anything.>>> Calm down, relax, Unix is evil I know it.> When I told you about lspci I assumed that your distro had it. (If you're> not running one of those user-friendlier distros like ubuntu or fedora or> banana you should ;)). Most distros already have that application within> them. Maybe you should open up a terminal console and type that: lspci. Is> there a decent output? If there is -- great!>> One of the first few things I had to do when I came to GNU/Linux was> precisely get to know my gfx card. For that, I googled (just like I did> now). Here's what came up:> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-tell-which-graphics-vga-card-installed/>> It's as simple as:>> Code:>> lspci -v | grep VGA>>>>> That should tell you what your card is.>> It may happen that your PCI ID isn't recognised (resulting in incorrect or> absent output). In that case I'd suggest updating the data file (the above> link mentions it) or opening up your PC.>> From what I realized, your attempt at using lspci produced no effect...try> the above first and hope for the best :)>>>> Did you ever say what distro you're using? What about the computer? Jim-------------- next part --------------An HTML attachment was scrubbed...URL: <http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/attachments/20090902/e4e8b558/attachment.htm>
