How can I get my graphics card to be recognized in System Info?

I am new to Linux/Ubuntu. I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my Lenovo IdeaPad y510.

System info says

Graphics: unknown.  
Driver: unknown,  
Experience: Standard.

What should I do to use all my laptop hardware components to work properly with Ubuntu? Screenshot:

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it means that it cannot acquire the information because glxinfo is not installed on the system.

Install it by clicking here:

Install via the software center

Or by typing:

sudo apt-get install mesa-utils

This is bug 914631.

After installing mesa-util it's providing information about graphic. In my case (Probook 4530s) "Intel® Sandybridge Mobile", while experience index still the same: Standard.


Install Mesa-Utils by running these commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mesa-utils

Then it will be detected.


For Ubuntu to show the correct information in the details window, You should install the package mesa-utils.

Open a terminal and execute the following command:

sudo apt-get install mesa-utils

I have the same graphics device and the "Unknown Driver" problem. This is not a problem with the driver installation but with the fact that Ubuntu is unable to recognize it properly.

If you can see a properly functioning GUI and not a black and white Command-line screen, then your Graphics Card is working fine.

This issue has been frequently discussed: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1949097

If the graphics performance appears to be poor it may be simply because Precise does'nt have wobbly windows and other special effects enabled by default (or at least not in low end systems). Download Compiz and enable these effects and animations. They should work fine with Intel GMA Integrated Graphics (they do on mine!).