Bad card driver
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jules145adng
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I've tried to launch minecraft on an old computer. I got the following message:

Bad video card drivers!      
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Minecraft was unable to start because it failed to find an accelerated OpenGL mode.
This can usually be fixed by updating the video card drivers.
--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT 7fe0271 --------
Generated 05/03/12 16:28
Minecraft: Minecraft 1.2.3
OS: Windows Vista (x86) version 6.0
Java: 1.6.0_31, Sun Microsystems Inc.
VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Sun Microsystems Inc.
LWJGL: 2.4.2
[failed to get system properties (java.lang.NullPointerException)]
org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:185)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:311)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:856)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:784)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:765)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:230)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:650)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
--- END ERROR REPORT 60932a2f ----------
What is it that I should do?

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It most likely means that the

It most likely means that the old computer cannot run Minecraft because it has a bad video card.

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Dude thanks...

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If you tell me the type of

If you tell me the type of video card and OS I may be able to help.

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I've got " Radeon X1300 ".

I've got " Radeon X1300 ".

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Eek, I have no idea about

Eek, I have no idea about those kind of graphics sorry :/