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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 12 Mar 2010 12:24 On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:20:28 +0000, Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >In article <ngmkp5p9s2g8rt0m3t66ivk68e08gvc6rk(a)4ax.com>, > T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > >> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:35:38 +0000, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> >> wrote: >> >> >It was an upgrade and is supposed to be (and may be) an ATI Radeon >> >HD4780, but the driver claims it is a Radeon 5700 series. Sadly it >> >doesn't say so no clue. >> > >> I wonder what a Linux LiveCD would report it as? >> >ooo - do they do that? We've got a PC at home that Rog said he'd fix, >it's nearly there and just needs drivers for the network card and video >card but we've no idea what they are. lspci is your friend, I think - although the boot procedure will probably tell you too, assuming you go to graphical mode. With a PC, the video card usually gets a look in as the first thing to initialise before the BIOS comes up, that can tell you. Another method is to pop the fan off and look up the chip number on the GPU. Cheers - Jaimie -- "Doesn't the futility of it all depress you, Bernard?" "Not really, Minister. I'm a civil servant."
From: Chris Ridd on 12 Mar 2010 12:48 On 2010-03-12 17:24:19 +0000, Jaimie Vandenbergh said: > On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:20:28 +0000, Sara > <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >> In article <ngmkp5p9s2g8rt0m3t66ivk68e08gvc6rk(a)4ax.com>, >> T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:35:38 +0000, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> It was an upgrade and is supposed to be (and may be) an ATI Radeon >>>> HD4780, but the driver claims it is a Radeon 5700 series. Sadly it >>>> doesn't say so no clue. >>>> >>> I wonder what a Linux LiveCD would report it as? >>> >> ooo - do they do that? We've got a PC at home that Rog said he'd fix, >> it's nearly there and just needs drivers for the network card and video >> card but we've no idea what they are. > > lspci is your friend, I think - although the boot procedure will > probably tell you too, assuming you go to graphical mode. Xorg comes (came?) with a program called scanpci, which probably does something similar. -- Chris
From: Woody on 12 Mar 2010 14:34 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:20:28 +0000, Sara > <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > >In article <ngmkp5p9s2g8rt0m3t66ivk68e08gvc6rk(a)4ax.com>, > > T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:35:38 +0000, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> > >> wrote: > >> > >> >It was an upgrade and is supposed to be (and may be) an ATI Radeon > >> >HD4780, but the driver claims it is a Radeon 5700 series. Sadly it > >> >doesn't say so no clue. > >> > > >> I wonder what a Linux LiveCD would report it as? > >> > >ooo - do they do that? We've got a PC at home that Rog said he'd fix, > >it's nearly there and just needs drivers for the network card and video > >card but we've no idea what they are. > > lspci is your friend, I think - although the boot procedure will > probably tell you too, assuming you go to graphical mode. > > With a PC, the video card usually gets a look in as the first thing to > initialise before the BIOS comes up, that can tell you. Yes, nothing useful. ATI technology 68BE, which is what the catalyst control panel already said in windows. -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Chris Ridd on 12 Mar 2010 15:10 On 2010-03-12 19:34:05 +0000, Woody said: > Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:20:28 +0000, Sara >> <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> In article <ngmkp5p9s2g8rt0m3t66ivk68e08gvc6rk(a)4ax.com>, >>> T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:35:38 +0000, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> It was an upgrade and is supposed to be (and may be) an ATI Radeon >>>>> HD4780, but the driver claims it is a Radeon 5700 series. Sadly it >>>>> doesn't say so no clue. >>>>> >>>> I wonder what a Linux LiveCD would report it as? >>>> >>> ooo - do they do that? We've got a PC at home that Rog said he'd fix, >>> it's nearly there and just needs drivers for the network card and video >>> card but we've no idea what they are. >> >> lspci is your friend, I think - although the boot procedure will >> probably tell you too, assuming you go to graphical mode. >> >> With a PC, the video card usually gets a look in as the first thing to >> initialise before the BIOS comes up, that can tell you. > > Yes, nothing useful. ATI technology 68BE, which is what the catalyst > control panel already said in windows. The other place to get details is in the Xorg.0.log file. -- Chris
From: Sara Merriman on 13 Mar 2010 11:40
In article <7vvlegFee4U1(a)mid.individual.net>, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-03-12 19:34:05 +0000, Woody said: > > > Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:20:28 +0000, Sara > >> <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >> > >>> In article <ngmkp5p9s2g8rt0m3t66ivk68e08gvc6rk(a)4ax.com>, > >>> T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:35:38 +0000, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> It was an upgrade and is supposed to be (and may be) an ATI Radeon > >>>>> HD4780, but the driver claims it is a Radeon 5700 series. Sadly it > >>>>> doesn't say so no clue. > >>>>> > >>>> I wonder what a Linux LiveCD would report it as? > >>>> > >>> ooo - do they do that? We've got a PC at home that Rog said he'd fix, > >>> it's nearly there and just needs drivers for the network card and video > >>> card but we've no idea what they are. > >> > >> lspci is your friend, I think - although the boot procedure will > >> probably tell you too, assuming you go to graphical mode. > >> > >> With a PC, the video card usually gets a look in as the first thing to > >> initialise before the BIOS comes up, that can tell you. > > > > Yes, nothing useful. ATI technology 68BE, which is what the catalyst > > control panel already said in windows. > > The other place to get details is in the Xorg.0.log file. Sigh - it was a bad assumption on my part, both network and video were onboard, not PCI. So a quick visit to the Dell site and all is now well and done. -- Sara Cuddler of rats, cats and husband |