Intel Graphics Card Issue

[april7]

Just loaded Ubuntu 15.04 onto a laptop with intel 852GM/855GM graphics card. For some reason, the proper driver is not being loaded (in my best judgement). The problem is precisely similar to the issue in this thread:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1729761&highlight=Intel+82852%2F855GM

except of course for the distro version. I attempted the fix suggested, but ran into an error when I tried to add to the repositories. Question is, is this still appropriate? If so, can somebody please tweak the commands to make it work for me?

[deadflowr]

Question is, is this still appropriate?

Most likely not.
Card is old, perhaps too old to run Ubuntu -proper.

What driver is actually loaded.
Post the output of

sudo lshw -c display

[ajgreeny]

You will probably need to use a different DE, for example Xubuntu which uses XFCE or Lubuntu (LXDE), both of which are a lot lighter than unity in Ubuntu, which requires a good 3D graphic card to work at properly.

[april7]

Thank you for your help - Lubuntu is working now!