Re: The new Gnome 3 desktop won't load and run.

[Chris Resnik <cresnik ethz ch>]

the easiest way to figure out whether your graphic card supports some 3d 
hardware acceleration is to install "torcs" (racing simulator) and run 
it :-)
I test my graphic card almost every day, just to make the 3d hw 
acceleration does not disappear ;-)

On 11.05.2012 12:51, Jayson Rowe wrote:
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 03:49:11AM -0500, Mr. Christian W. Strubel wrote:
> > Dear Jayson,
> >
> > Here is what I have so far I hope it helps.
> > I tried the 2 commands suggested on ubuntu.com.
> > Command: lspci | grep VGA
> > Output:
> > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation
> > 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03)
> >
> > Command: sudo lshw -C video
> >   Output:
> >    *-display
> >         description: VGA compatible controller
> >         product: 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics
> > Device
> >         vendor: Intel Corporation
> >         physical id: 2
> >         bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
> >         version: 03
> >         width: 32 bits
> >         clock: 33MHz
> >         capabilities: pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
> >         configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
> >         resources: irq:16 memory:e8000000-efffffff
> > memory:e7800000-e787ffff
> >
> > Would information about the video card be shown on the BIOS screen?
> > Where else should I look?
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > --
> > Mr. Christian Strubel
> > cwstrubel gmail com
> > (773) 828-9785