OK, I will look into it. I have used dual monitors on Ubuntu just fine, so per- haps that is the key to it. I am running Mint 17.1. It sure has been a easy install, Compiz works well with it on the machine I got at Free Geek. I put Mate on and brought up compiz, got what I wanted except the ability to set up dual monitors, I have them there is just not control over what goes where.
On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 4:35 PM, Ken Eshelby <eshel...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've found that the older kernels that Mint uses (even Mint 17.3 on 3.13 or > 3.16) aren't usually modern enough to handle Intel onboard graphics > hardware, but I don't know where the HD 3000 hardware fits into that > compatibility timeline. Maybe a kernel upgrade will ease the hardware > issue. This was the case recently for a newer Braswell chip using HD > 6000. Went to a 4.2 or 4.3 kernel and it came right up with Ubuntu. > > The other thing I've done in the past is use Mint with XFCE. It played > well when I was using dual monitors (from around Mint 13 to ~17), but I've > since gone from two Samsung 204Bs to a larger single monitor (refurb ASUS > PB278Q 27" from amazon for about $300). Uses less energy and is a simpler > setup, though it may require more powerful graphics hardware to drive. > > > -- > Ken > > PGP Key Fingerprint > 7F29 C36C 4607 8C14 C82D 5DEA 1C1D F5D9 DBA0 F9AF > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- Glass, five thousand years of history and getting better. The only container material that the USDA gives blanket approval on. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
