If you are a point and click person like me and for the benefit of
those out there who are and do not know all these magical command line
instructions, you can find your hardware information using the
following GUI method

Click on the main menus

-->SYSTEM
-->PREFERENCES
-->Hardware Information

This will then list all your hardware.


Also you can simply change screen resolutions by the following

-->SYSTEM
-->PREFERENCES
-->Screen Resolution

You need to be sure to have the correct graphics card drivers and I'm
afraid that's where everything goes to pot. I used to have the right
drivers on this machine under Dapper but now it's on Feisty I can not
find anyone who can tell me where to get the correct drivers from or
how to install them