Yeah I think Linux Mint is a great way to start for any new user. Comes with all sorts of packages pre-installed, with most video and sound working right out of the box.

The control center is a basic one stop for most things that basic users need to worry about, ex video sound users passwords desktops menus on and on.

Hi, I recently install video drivers on my Ubuntu 9.10. However, they were bad drivers, and thus do not work. How do I uninstall bad drivers or check them? I know there are many locations that they do exist but should I delete the folders? That seems like a bad idea.

Here is my xorg.conf

Section "Screen"

	Identifier	"Default Screen"

	DefaultDepth	24

EndSection



Section "Module"

	Load	"glx"

EndSection



Section "Device"

	Identifier	"Default Device"

	Driver	"nvidia"

	Option	"NoLogo"	"True"

EndSection

and the xorg.conf failsafe

Section "Device"

	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"

	Driver		"vesa"

EndSection



Section "Monitor"

	Identifier	"Configured Monitor"

EndSection



Section "Screen"

	Identifier	"Default Screen"

	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"

	Device		"Configured Video Device"

EndSection

The xorg.conf-backup-100512115642 is the same as xorg.conf. Drivers are obviously installed but not working.

My system is
athlon 4200
2 8800 GTS 512 SLI
2 GB RAM

Best course of action?

What model laptop are you using? I can't find it.

If your drivers aren't working, open the Terminal an type
lspci

and paste it. This command is very useful as it gives an output for all devices in the system. It will give us a good idea what to install for which device.

Using the Synaptics Package Manager is probably the easiest way to install flash, and more importantly, a good few hundred other programs/libraries.

It can also differentiate between CPUs, if need be.