Graphics simply will not work

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dawlane
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See if 3D Acceleration is enabled by using this command in a terminal.
glxinfo | grep rendering

If it is you will get this response 
direct rendering: Yes

Here's a bit about the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 card on the ubuntu forums http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=54544

In the Xorg.conf file the bits of interest are these

Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

And
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Corporation Intel Default Card"
Driver "i810"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
VideoRam 65536
Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 31.5-90
VertRefresh 60.0-60.0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Intel Corporation Intel Default Card"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection