games?

[Andrew Farris]

On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 15:19 -0600, John Abbott wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 16:05 -0500, jesse stephen wrote:
> > how do I do that I'm a greanhorn with computers.
> > 
> > On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 3:58 PM, John Abbott <fewclues at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >         On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 15:50 -0500, jesse stephen wrote:
> >         > I just got ubuntu and I think I need to reinstall the
> >         > graphics card to make it work I have a hp and no program
> >         > disk. 
> 
> I was generic because I didn't know your card type.  Do you know what
> graphic card you have installed? 

In addition to that, it would be helpful to know some other things as
well:
     1. What version of Ubuntu are you using? You can find this by going
        to System > About Ubuntu. It's listed on the first like after
        the title.
     2. Your title of 'games?' indicated to me that you are trying to
        run a game. Are you having trouble with this? If so, please
        state which game you are attempting to use, and what the issue
        is.
     3. If you are not having issues trying to install/use a game, then
        please state clearly what you are trying to do, and what your
        getting stuck with. A description of exactly what you're doing,
        along with what is happening, and what you expected to happen
        would be helpful.
     4. You stated that you 'have an hp and no program disk.' Please
        elaborate. I assume this means you have an HP computer... is it
        a laptop, or a desktop? What program disk are you referring to
        (i.e. you don't have an Ubuntu disk, you don't have a windows
        disk, etc)? 
     5. If you don't know what kind of graphics card you have, you can
        send some terminal output instead so others may decipher what
        card you've got. To do this:
             1. Go to "Applications > Accessories > Terminal"
             2. Type in lshw -c display and hit Enter/Return
             3. Copy/paste the output in your next email. This
                information will tell everybody that's trying to help
                you what display hardware you have. 
             4. Additionally, it may be helpful to know what other
                hardware you've got. To collect this info, follow the
                instructions as above, but just type 'lshw' instead.

I hope this is helpful!


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Andrew
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