11.04 install fail

[Tony Pursell]

On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 01:03 +0100, Tony Pursell wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 19:45 -0400, Bob H. wrote:
> > Every time i try to load 11.04 I get a "lacking necessary hardware for
> > Unity" or something like that. I've tried upgrading from 10.10,
> > downloading the Ubuntu site, and from a magazine CD; all on 4 separate
> > machines. No good. Anybody know the problem? Thanx, Bob H.
> 
> It means exactly what it says.  Your hardware, in particular your video
> card/chipset, do not support the 3D rendering necessary for Unity.  
> 
> You can install Unity 2D, but that is not as well developed as the 3D
> version yet, although it will be the standard fallback in 12.04 (Oneiric
> Ocelot).
> 
> Tony 
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You can get more information by running

/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p

Tony