what kind of video driver i have

run:

sudo lshw -C display

It will tell you

this worked fine on my compaq ,, but not on the hp :::: it command not found

And sudo lshw?

Its a standard ubuntu call, you can install it with:

sudo apt-get install lshw

 that helped!!!! it said ati technologies chip and nothing else that made scent to me to me ....

i used sudo apt-get install lshw and it run a lot of stuff then ask to remove nvidia driver 96 said no longer needed ... so i think this older pc does not need extra drivers .. is this possible ??

Can yu give the output of the lshw command on the problematic system, maybe we can advise if you also outline your issue.

Thanks

 will haft to try to send an out-put list later in use by owner..

here what i got
 description: Desktop Computer
    product: HP dx5150 SFF(PZ564UA)
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    serial: 2UA5460HPD
    width: 32 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 smp-1.4 smp
    configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=1 uuid=804641D8-5AC3-1010-9731-F4753F0F3CFC
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: 09AC
       vendor: MSI
       physical id: 0
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
          physical id: 0
          version: 1.18 (08/01/2006)
          size: 128KiB
          capacity: 448KiB
          capabilities: pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification netboot
     *-cpu:0
          description: CPU
          product: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 4
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: 15.15.2
          slot: Socket 939
          size: 2200MHz
          capacity: 3GHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 199MHz
          capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow up pni lahf_lm cpufreq
        *-cache:0
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: b
             slot: Internal Cache
             size: 128KiB
             capacity: 128KiB
             capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
        *-cache:1
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: d
             slot: External Cache
             size: 512KiB
             capacity: 512KiB
             capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
     *-cpu:1 DISABLED
          description: CPU
          vendor: Unknown
          physical id: 5
          bus info: cpu@1
          version: 15.15.2
          slot: Socket 939
          size: 995MHz
          capacity: 3GHz
          clock: 199MHz
        *-cache:0
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: c
             slot: Internal Cache
             size: 128KiB
             capacity: 128KiB
             capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
        *-cache:1
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: e
             slot: External Cache
             size: 512KiB
             capacity: 512KiB
             capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 24
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 1GiB
          capacity: 2GiB
        *-bank:0
             description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2.5 ns)
             product: None
             vendor: None
             physical id: 0
             serial: None
             slot: A0
             size: 256MiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 400MHz (2.5ns)
        *-bank:1
             description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2.5 ns)
             product: None
             vendor: None
             physical id: 1
             serial: None
             slot: A1
             size: 256MiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 400MHz (2.5ns)
        *-bank:2
             description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2.5 ns)
             product: None
             vendor: None
             physical id: 2
             serial: None
             slot: A2
             size: 512MiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 400MHz (2.5ns)
        *-bank:3
             description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2.5 ns) [empty]
             product: None
             vendor: None
             physical id: 3
             serial: None
             slot: A3
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 400MHz (2.5ns)
     *-pci:0
          description: Host bridge
          product: RS480 Host Bridge
          vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: 01
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 66MHz
          configuration: latency=64
          resources: memory:0-1fffffff
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: RS480 PCI Bridge
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pci ht bus_master cap_list
             resources: ioport:c000(size=4096) memory:fda00000-fdafffff ioport:c8000000(size=268435456)
           *-display:0 UNCLAIMED
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: RS480 [Radeon Xpress 200G Series]
                vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
                physical id: 5
                bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0
                version: 00
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 66MHz
                capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
                configuration: latency=64 mingnt=8
                resources: memory:d0000000-d7ffffff(prefetchable) ioport:cc00(size=256) memory:fdaf0000-fdafffff memory:fda00000-fda1ffff(prefetchable)
           *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
                description: Display controller
                product: Radeon Xpress Series (RS480)
                vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
                physical id: 5.1
                bus info: pci@0000:01:05.1
                version: 00
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 66MHz
                capabilities: pm cap_list
                configuration: latency=64 mingnt=8
                resources: memory:c8000000-cfffffff(prefetchable) memory:fdae0000-fdaeffff
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: RS480 PCI Bridge
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 5
             bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht bus_master cap_list
             resources: ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:fde00000-fdefffff memory:fdb00000-fdbfffff(prefetchable)
           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
                vendor: Broadcom Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: 20
                serial: 00:13:d3:8c:84:65
                size: 100MB/s
                capacity: 1GB/s
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.99 duplex=full firmware=5751-v3.46a ip=192.168.2.2 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
                resources: irq:17 memory:fdef0000-fdefffff
        *-ide:0
             description: IDE interface
             product: IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 12
             bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
             logical name: scsi0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ide pm msi bus_master cap_list rom emulated
             configuration: driver=sata_sil latency=64
             resources: irq:23 ioport:fc00(size=8) ioport:f800(size=4) ioport:f400(size=8) ioport:f000(size=4) ioport:ec00(size=16) memory:fe02f000-fe02f1ff memory:40000000-4007ffff(prefetchable)
           *-disk
                description: ATA Disk
                product: SAMSUNG SP0411C/
                physical id: 0.0.0
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
                logical name: /dev/sda
                version: UU10
                serial: S0DAJ10YA27693
                size: 37GiB (40GB)
                capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=db4fa366
              *-volume:0
                   description: EXT4 volume
                   vendor: Linux
                   physical id: 1
                   bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
                   logical name: /dev/sda1
                   logical name: /
                   version: 1.0
                   serial: 5aa08007-b25d-483b-bca8-9f84c6babe9e
                   size: 35GiB
                   capacity: 35GiB
                   capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                   configuration: created=2010-01-14 17:48:14 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/�t�]��0����������IZ�PU��PU��������������������\����%�F modified=2010-01-18 10:57:58 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,data=ordered mounted=2010-01-19 07:06:31 state=mounted
              *-volume:1
                   description: Extended partition
                   physical id: 2
                   bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
                   logical name: /dev/sda2
                   size: 1608MiB
                   capacity: 1608MiB
                   capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
                 *-logicalvolume
                      description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
                      physical id: 5
                      logical name: /dev/sda5
                      capacity: 1608MiB
                      capabilities: nofs
        *-usb:0
             description: USB Controller
             product: IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 13
             bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: msi bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
             resources: irq:19 memory:fe02e000-fe02efff
        *-usb:1
             description: USB Controller
             product: IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 13.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:13.1
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: msi bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
             resources: irq:19 memory:fe02d000-fe02dfff
        *-usb:2
             description: USB Controller
             product: IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 13.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:13.2
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=64
             resources: irq:19 memory:fe02c000-fe02cfff
        *-serial
             description: SMBus
             product: IXP SB400 SMBus Controller
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 14
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
             version: 10
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ht cap_list
             configuration: driver=piix4_smbus latency=0
             resources: irq:0 ioport:500(size=16) memory:fe02b000-fe02b3ff
        *-ide:1
             description: IDE interface
             product: IXP SB400 IDE Controller
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 14.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.1
             logical name: scsi2
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ide msi bus_master cap_list emulated
             configuration: driver=pata_atiixp latency=64
             resources: irq:16 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:e400(size=16)
           *-cdrom
                description: DVD reader
                product: DVD SOHD-16P9S
                vendor: LITE-ON
                physical id: 0.0.0
                bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
                logical name: /dev/cdrom
                logical name: /dev/dvd
                logical name: /dev/scd0
                logical name: /dev/sr0
                version: FQSC
                capabilities: removable audio dvd
                configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 14.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master
             configuration: latency=0
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 14.4
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.4
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pci bus_master
             resources: ioport:b000(size=4096) memory:fdd00000-fddfffff memory:fdc00000-fdcfffff(prefetchable)
        *-multimedia
             description: Multimedia audio controller
             product: IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller
             vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
             physical id: 14.5
             bus info: pci@0000:00:14.5
             version: 01
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: msi bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ATI IXP AC97 controller latency=64 mingnt=2
             resources: irq:17 memory:fe02a000-fe02a0ff
     *-pci:1
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 101
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:2
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 102
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:3
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 103
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:4
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 104
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=k8temp
          resources: irq:0

           *-display:0 UNCLAIMED
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: RS480 [Radeon Xpress 200G Series]
                vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
                physical id: 5
                bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0
                version: 00
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 66MHz
                capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
                configuration: latency=64 mingnt=8
                resources: memory:d0000000-d7ffffff(prefetchable) ioport:cc00(size=256) memory:fdaf0000-fdafffff memory:fda00000-fda1ffff(prefetchable)

Try:
sudo apt-get --reinstall install xserver-xorg-video-ati; sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

May help

tried it run in terminal the first one run the second did nothing ... closed terminal .. went to system tried to open hardware drives ::: it said unable to open blocked by child process ....

it took alot of looking but ati does not have support for linux using ati express 200.....................................................................................................................
if there is a work around i would like to know !!!!!

 found a work around BUT !!!!! the web page is no longer active ,,,,,,,,,,;;;;;;''''''............ so i`m going to mark as solved ...