From 0e49201dbb2b385a1b6ba49f64926c5442945f5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dylan Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 09:29:08 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about outdated pci.ids --- Readme.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md index 48998f3f..a7fe9e75 100644 --- a/Readme.md +++ b/Readme.md @@ -284,6 +284,29 @@ The possible values are: * **off** - Disable images +#### getgpu doesn't show my exact video card name + +If you're output looks like this: + +``` +01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1401 (rev a1) +``` + +Instead of this: + +``` +01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM206 [GeForce GTX 960] (rev a1) +``` + +Then you're affected by the issue. + +This is caused by your `/usr/share/misc/pci.ids\*` files being outdated and you can fix it
+by running this command as root. + +``` +sudo update-pciids +``` +