You could try, as root: lspci and/or lspci -v
Here's mine for example: # lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 945G/GZ/P/PL Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 945G/GZ/P/PL Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 01) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller IDE (rev 01) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7800 GT (rev a1) 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02) 04:02.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB0400 Audigy2 Value >From the list, you can see that my video is nVidia. HTH! -Jeff Michael Sullivan wrote: > On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 12:54 -0500, JimD wrote: > >>On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:15:37 -0600 >>Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>My wife has the same problem with her computer running Gentoo, but I >>>generated the xorg.conf file from X -configure when I first installed >>>Gentoo on it for her, but her screen still flickers. Is there any way >>>to find out what drivers would need to be installed (if the drivers >>>are the problem)? >>> >> >>This is probably a driver problem. Are you using the vesa driver? >>When I first installed Gentoo I was using the vesa driver until I >>downloaded the NVidia driver. With the vesa driver I too had >>flickers. However once I installed the Nvidia driver the problem went >>away. >> >>What type of video card do you have? >> >>Jim > > > I'm not sure. Is there a way of finding out the video card without > opening the case and looking? We have no idea where the manual went... > -- Jabba the Hutt: Bring me Solo and the Wookiee! They will all suffer for this outrage. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list