graphics problems with Focal(20) apparently out of date or missing stuff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
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>> 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
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>> Subject: Re: graphics problems with Focal(20) apparently out of date 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.

It may be that lshw is the more pretty one of the command line utilities 
for this; I just remembered and tried hwinfo, and, the output from that 
appears to include stuff for systems programmers, as in machine language 
stuff, probably like the rolling text displayed in the The Matrix movie 
series.

> 
> 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.
> 
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