If you want to try an alternate Graphics card i do have some AGP cards floating about still.
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Derek Trotter <expat.arizo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good idea, but the motherboard does not have a video card onboard. The bios > does have a setting to set the primary video adapter as AGP or PCI. It's > set to PCI. > > Thanks for taking the time to write your suggestion. > > Derek > > On 11/11/2011 07:44 AM, Stephen wrote: >> >> Something to consider in some CMOS you can have settings that choose a >> preferred video card, and sometimes on-board video is not disabled >> fully. some Intel boards are notorious for this. >> >> Look in your settings and see what you can find. this may help. I had >> one helluva time with PCI-e graphics and Ubuntu for a while back in >> the 8.xx days with this. >> >> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Derek Trotter<expat.arizo...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> It happens whether or not I'm playing a video. Most of the videos I >>> watch >>> are not flash videos. They're mostly avi files with xvid, but some were >>> mpeg1 or mpeg2. I used vlc to play them. >>> >>> On 11/10/2011 16:32, Dazed_75 wrote: >>> >>> All of your issues sound like they happen when playing videos. Is that >>> true >>> or are there other times as well? >>> >>> As far as what else it could be, there could be lots of possibilities but >>> they might be hard to track down to elements that are common to Ubuntu, >>> Kubuntu, and Fedora. If it is localized to playing videos, I would >>> certainly be suspicious of the command line based underpinnings the >>> players >>> might use. Oh, and are the videos Flash based or not? >>> >>> If you are coming to the meeting tonight and can come to the restaurant >>> after, someone there may be able to help. >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Derek Trotter<expat.arizo...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 11/10/2011 16:10, Dazed_75 wrote: >>>> >>>> Try looking to see if you are using the open source generic nvidia >>>> driver >>>> or the proprietary one. I am not sure where that is in the Kubuntu >>>> menus >>>> but look for something in System, or Administration with a name that is >>>> probably something about Hardware. It should run a program that looks >>>> to >>>> see if there are proprietary drivers you might choose to use. >>>> >>>> When I first installed the os I noticed the problem with the driver it >>>> came with. I checked and found where it suggested a proprietary driver >>>> and >>>> offered one other. I chose the one that was recommended. The bug >>>> showed >>>> itself with the driver that came with the install and the one I >>>> installed >>>> later. >>>> >>>> I AM curious though if you have some particular reason for suspecting it >>>> is due to you having that video card since a screen freeze could be >>>> something above the driver level. >>>> >>>> I've had that card for about 2 years while the machine was running XP >>>> and >>>> didn't have this problem. It only showed itself after I installed the >>>> latest Ubuntu and Kubuntu version as well as the other latest linux >>>> flavors >>>> I mentioned earlier. Fedora 15 was the worst. It would freeze the >>>> screen >>>> as soon as I started playing a video. The others would let me watch at >>>> least for a few minutes before the screen froze. >>>> >>>> Also if it's not a driver problem, what else could it be? >>>> >>>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Derek Trotter<expat.arizo...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have an NVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS card that plugs into a PCI slot. I >>>>> have >>>>> no problems with it in XP, but when I installed Kubuntu 11.10 I found a >>>>> problem. Occasionally the screen freezes. I can't switch to a >>>>> console. >>>>> Also I can't kill the x server. I know the machine has not completely >>>>> locked up because when I have audio playing, it keeps playing even >>>>> though >>>>> the screen has frozen. None of the usual means to shut down a machine >>>>> work. >>>>> The only thing I can do is hit the reset button, press the power >>>>> switch for >>>>> several seconds until the machine shuts off, or pull the plug. I've >>>>> encountered this on Ubuntu 11.10, Kubuntu 11.10, Mepis 11 and Fedora >>>>> 15. I >>>>> installed the LTS verson of Kubuntu 10 and haven't had any problems >>>>> with it. >>>>> Does anyone have any idea what's going on or how to fix it? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dazed_75 a.k.a. 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