I'm a noob. I'm frustrated. I don't know how to print the output of lspci. I just want help. Please put an end to this driver install. I've tried using the Synaptic Packet Manager and EasyUbuntu. Neither worked. You want more info? Gimme about a year to figure out how to get it.

Here's what I DO know:
Gateway Solo 9500 850MHz. ATI Mobility Rage M4. Ubuntu Feisty Fawn 7.04. Dual-booting through GRUB with Win2kPro (which had no problem installing the drivers).

One can do something like;
(create an output file): /sbin/lspci -v > output.txt
(review the file): less output.txt
(print the file to a defined printer): lpr output.txt

Sorry, those aren't working either. I get permission denied, sorry. When I type 'su' I type my password and it tells me 'authentication failure.' I know my password, I don't know why it's not taking it. I'm just supposed to type 'su,' then wait, then type the invisible password right? This is nuts. Do I need a Comp Sci degree to run Ubuntu?

Are you sure about your root password????

Anyhow try: sudo <command here>

Also try looking in the Ubuntu forum here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...splay.php?f=63

This may help for starters: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=558669

trevor@Solo:~$ sudo /sbin/lspci -v > output.txt
Password:
sudo: /sbin/lspci: command not found

I' sorry. I'm just going to stick with Windows boxes. I've been running them and profiting off of their failings for years, so why switch. Thanks for your time anyway.

Maybe later Linux guys!,
Trevor

So sorry you find Linux so hard to use..........yes I to make good money fixing the issues with Windows, it is good job security

But as you see I do run Linux as my personal choice

Also for the future you may want to try something like: which lspci

Great job security. However, this is my xth time giving up on Linux. I've given up on just about every popular distro out there thinking each one was going to be easy. My O'Reilly pocket guides only get me so far. I wish there was a class I could take geared toward basic Linux operation.

You guys in the forums are awesome, but essentially, getting help here is like applying a band-aid. I want to learn everything. Do you have any suggestions as far as books or classes that really start from the basics? I'm a self-taught guy, but I wouldn't mind some help here.

Thanks

Well if you noticed I prefer the Red Hat family and there are many good books on web for the Red Hat family, for example;

Red Hat Linux System Administration Handbook by Mark F. Komarinski, Cary Collett
Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora By Bill McCarty

But Red hat also has available everything you need for free downloading:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/

You can even get a free (as in beer) clone (Red Hat branding removed) of RHEL AS/ES;

http://www.centos.org/

I will definitely look into these when I get some free time next week. It's back to basics for me!