Ubuntu – How to find a proprietary driver for the Intel graphics card I have

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I have an Intel corporation core processor integrated graphics controller (rev 18), and I am trying to get a proprietary driver for my graphics card so I can play Amnesia from the Humble Bundle.

I am a female that can easily follow directions but doesn't know much about Linux yet. If you give me precise directions, I will follow them so you can help me fix the problem. I would really appreciate it!

My laptop is a Dell n7010.

Additional info: I believe that it is the graphics card that is causing Amnesia to crash, but I am unsure. I have tried running it on the lowest possible settings, and it crashes after the first loading screen. 🙁

Also, I installed via the Ubuntu Software Center after purchasing the Humble Bundle. I have not tried the other games yet.

Best Answer

My laptop also uses Intel graphics (it is a Toshiba Satellite model), and it does not use proprietary graphics drivers. The reason for this is because the official Intel drivers for Intel graphics are themselves open-source; thus no proprietary drivers are available.

If you continue to have issues running Amnesia that appear to be graphics-related, then the issue is most likely with the game itself having a bug.


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