chris@chris-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | grep nvidia [sudo] password for chris: *-display description: 3D controller product: G71 [GeForce 7950 GX2] vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0 version: a1 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0 resources: irq:16 memory:f9000000-f9ffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:fa000000-faffffff ioport:ac00(size=128) memory:fbfe0000-fbffffff *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: G71 [GeForce 7950 GX2] vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0 version: a1 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0 resources: irq:16 memory:f6000000-f6ffffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:f7000000-f7ffffff ioport:9c00(size=128) memory:f8fe0000-f8ffffff No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 Codename: precise Linux chris-System-Product-Name 3.2.0-27-generic-pae #43-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 6 15:06:05 UTC 2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux ii nvidia-common 1:0.2.44 Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers rc nvidia-current 302.17-0ubuntu1~precise~xup1 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library rc nvidia-settings 302.17-0ubuntu1~precise~xup3 Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver