My son wants me to build a game box for him, what video card
would you recommend for use with Ubuntu, I am also looking for a similar
card that fit's agp slot.
On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 23:28 -0800, EricM wrote:
> Stuart,
> Thanks for your nice suggestion. However I've already tried to get my Ubuntu
> installed with the X86 CD and that one switched my screen to black as well.
> The only thing left is that I didn't realize the complete X86 installation
> with an alternative CD. Regarding the problem with the normal X86 I'm not
> convinced that your suggestion will sove my problem. Still I'll will keep it
> in mind as a final option worth trying.
>
> Eric
>
> Stuart Bird wrote:
> >
> > Eric
> >
> > Just a couple of thoughts that may help you out.
> >
> > I would seriously consider trying the 32 bit installation. It will work
> > well with the 64 bit chip but you won't (or shouldn't ) experience as many
> > driver issues. Bear in mind that 64 bit support, even in the MS world is
> > still on the ropey side so even the major manufacturers (such as ATI and
> > NVIDIA) are still very much playing catch up on the linux side. It may be
> > worth a go before you spend your hard earned on a new card.
> >
> > In the main I have had more success with NVIDIA cards under linux than I
> > have ATI, however my Dell laptop has an Radeon 9800m in it and that works
> > great with the commercial drivers installed on Ubnuntu 7.10. A couple of
> > mouse clicks and I was away. That having been said, if I were looking to
> > for a replacement card I would probably go for NVIDIA as it's my
> > perception that the linux support is better.
> >
> > For the price of a DVD and some bandwidth I would try the 32 bit route
> > first although someone on here may be able different.
> >
> > Hope that helps a bit.
> >
> > Stu
> >
> > - Original Message
> > From: EricM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> > Sent: Thursday, 24 January, 2008 12:18:52 PM
> > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] ATI X700 status "not in use".
> >
> >
> > I'm new to Ubuntu and at the moment I'm dealing with major problems due
> > to an
> > ATI X700 series Graphics card.
> >
> > At first I encountered problems with the default installation CD. (AMD
> > 64);
> > screen went black after starting CD. Finally I managed the install with
> > the
> > "alternate install cd". (AMD 64)
> > However default booting the Linux system resulted in black screen.
> > So, booted in recovery mode (which is runlevel 1)
> > After manually adding Driver "vesa" in the section "Device" of the
> > xorg.conf
> > file I managed to run the graphics mode after entering: sudo
> > /etc/init.d/gdm
> > start
> >
> > Still in this stage the default bootup resulted in a black screen.
> > With the restricted drivers manager I installed the graphics driver for
> > the
> > ATI. The installation itself went fine: "Succesfully applied all
> > changes"
> >
> > Default bootup was still not succesfull.
> > From recovery mode booting and starting graphics mode, the restricted
> > drivers manager showed for this driver a status "not in use".
> >
> > Opened a terminal in graphics mode and proceeded method 1 according to
> > a
> > wiki:
> > http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Gutsy_Installation_Guide#Method_1:_Install_the_Driver_the_Ubuntu_Way
> > Manually checked / added the final changes in the xorg.conf file to
> > assure
> > correct settings.
> >
> > Default booting resulted in switching my screen to sleepmode.
> > Recovery booting followed by graphics mode resulted in a dark grey
> > screen.
> >
> > the fglrxinfo showed an Error: unable to open display :0 (f.y.i:
> > proceeded
> > this from the commandprompt in textmode)
> >
> > As I switch Runlevel with "telinit " using runlevel 3
> > I
> > noticed some text scrolling over my screen (to quick to read), and
> > finally
> > ending up with a dark grey graphics screen again. Now Runlevel 3 in
> > Ubuntu
> > seems the same as runlevel 5 (graphics mode multiuser), so this problem
> > made
> > sense to me.
> >
> > Unless anybody has some other suggestion worth trying, I'm planning to
> > buy
> > me an MSI NVidia 7300GT or an MSI NVidia 7300LE hoping one of these
> > will
> > properly work
> >
> > However, in present state suggestions are more than welcome!
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Eric
> >
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