Installing Intel integrated graphics driver Ubuntu 11.04

**KennyJack** · March 20th, 2012

Hi, I'm new to the community as of this post and need a little guidance. I recently installed (or so I think I did) the latest driver for my Intel graphics card because I was experiencing intermittent low-resolution start-ups.. the desktop and icons were really big as if I were in "safe-mode" under windows. After installing the new driver, Ubuntu seems to load properly most of the time, but every once in a while reverts back to the issue I was having before, in which I have to restart my computer a few times back-to-back-to-back until it loads correctly. When I run the lspci -k command I notice there are two Kernal modules. Could this be the cause of the now less irritating yet still existing problem? Thanks in advance for any help.

$lspci -k

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0160
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: intelfb, i915

Dell dimension 2400 1GB ram.

**KennyJack** · March 20th, 2012

Oh, and please let me know if I'm in the wrong area for this question. I'll get the hang of the forums hopefully soon

**NikTh** · March 20th, 2012

Hi ,
How did you installed the drivers for your graphics ? From system ? open a terminal and write

Code:

jockey-gtk

what you see ? are the [Recommended] drivers activate ? .

Also you can install the latest drivers for your G.Card from a ppa. Give these commands in terminal

Code:

sudo add-apt repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates

press enter when ask . Then

Code:

sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

These commands will add a ppa to your software sources and will update your drivers with the latest.
If something go wrong or for any other reason you want to remove it , go to your software sources (update manager-->settings-->other software ) and remove ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates . Then do in terminal

Code:

sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

**KennyJack** · March 20th, 2012

Thanks NikTh for responding in such timely manner.

The driver was installed from a pre-compiled package using the Software Center.. probably a mistake since it's painfully slow and hangs all the time.

Jockey-gtk showed no proprietary drivers not in use so I added the PPA manually since the terminal said the add-apt command couldn't be found (odd?) I ran the "update" and "dist-upgrade" commands and all seemed ok, meaning my monitor didn't blow up or anything

Is a restart needed for changes to take effect? How can I tell if the driver was replaced by a new one?

**Artificial Intelligence** · March 20th, 2012

Intel drivers are Open Source, so they won't show up in 'additional Drivers' (restricted drivers) and is installed by default.

If you added the PPA to get a newer version, you need to restart before it takes effect.