Ubuntu: How to find the VGA card type

# lspci | grep VGA


out put of my laptop:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 [Chrome 9 HC] (rev 01)

How to install MySQL On Ubuntu

Installing MySQL on Ubuntu:

        To open the Terminal, go to Application > Accessories > Terminal

         

          Type the following command at terminal.

•  $sudo apt-get install mysql-server
  

             To be able to connect to mysql from internet, remove the restriction on the below file.

• Open the file by typing the following command at terminal prompt.
  

          $gksudo gedit /etc/mysql/my.cnf

• Find the line bind-address = 127.0.0.1 and comment it out as shown below.
  

           

         #bind-address           = 127.0.0.1 

• mysql comes with no root password. To set the root password, type:
  
  

        $mysqladmin -u root password your-new-password

          $sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart

• Install mysql query browser
  

         $sudo apt-get install mysql-query-browser

• After installing, go to Applications > Programming > MySQL Query Browser to connect to mysql as shown below.
  

             
             Enter Server Hostname, Username and Password. Click on Connect and MySQL is now installed on Ubuntu.

           

Compiling your first C++ program with ubuntu

Compiling your first C++ program
If you want to run c++ program follow this procedure
g++ is the compiler that you must use.
you should use a .cpp file extension rather than a .c one
You need to create a file
sudo gedit first.cpp
add the following lines save and exit the file

Run your C++ Program using the following command
g++ first.cpp -o test
./test
Output should show as follows
Hello World!