[ubuntu-uk] Graphics card ?
I have been running ubuntu Natty with Unity and with Gnome3 also Fedora with Gnome3 on my testbox since their inception and all have run with very few faults..I now find that Fedora will not boot to a graphics screen and Ubuntu Unity has the side bar but no apps logos...The apps are there as if I run down the bar with the mouse the applications names show up and I can boot them...Could this be a fault with the graphic card or is there another solution ? --- Regards Ted Wager -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Graphics Card/Dual Monitor
James Hooker wrote: Hi Everyone - I was wondering if anyone had any successful experiences with dual monitors on Ubuntu, and maybe recommend a good graphics card that is well supported and up to the task? Im going to be running dual 24screens (hopefully) if that's any help! Thanks Everyone, Jim me at jameshooker.com www.jameshooker.com I think you would do well to avoid Ati cards IMO (my friends have them and they have nothing but troubles). I have Nvidia on both my laptop and desktop, and run the proprietary drivers and use the nvidia-settings tool to adjust resolution and dual monitor modes with no problems. -- Michael G Fletcher Interested in Linux? Visit www.ilovemylinux.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Graphics Card/Dual Monitor
Michael G Fletcher wrote: James Hooker wrote: Hi Everyone - I was wondering if anyone had any successful experiences with dual monitors on Ubuntu, and maybe recommend a good graphics card that is well supported and up to the task? Im going to be running dual 24screens (hopefully) if that's any help! Thanks Everyone, Jim me at jameshooker.com www.jameshooker.com I think you would do well to avoid Ati cards IMO (my friends have them and they have nothing but troubles). I have Nvidia on both my laptop and desktop, and run the proprietary drivers and use the nvidia-settings tool to adjust resolution and dual monitor modes with no problems. nvidia-settings is great tool, I use it daily on my laptop to hook up to my tv.Ati's linux support is terrible, Nvidia is definitely the way to go. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Graphics Card/Dual Monitor
James Hooker wrote: Hi Everyone - I was wondering if anyone had any successful experiences with dual monitors on Ubuntu, and maybe recommend a good graphics card that is well supported and up to the task? Just as an aside, for those who might be about to purchase a monitor with dual VGA/DVI inputs intending to connect to two machines (e.g. the ubiquitous Windows/Linux in parallel setup), it's worth checking to see how easily you can switch between video input channels using the available fascia buttons. For example, I've got an NEC 175VXM+ which allows me to switch between the two machines connected to it using a very convenient single button push. Whereas my Philips 2000W requires seven (sic!) button pushes to switch channels. Needless to say, if you are going to be switching between channels on a regular basis an arrangement like that on the Philips would be a major PITA. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Graphics Card/Dual Monitor
James Hooker wrote: Hi Everyone - I was wondering if anyone had any successful experiences with dual monitors on Ubuntu, and maybe recommend a good graphics card that is well supported and up to the task? For dual setups running with resolutions of up to 1680x1050, at least, I can heartily recommend the now venerable GeForce 7600 (mine's a GS). It's been rock solid from Feisty through Hardy for me. I'm afraid though, I've no idea whether or not it will support resolutions higher than that. You probably know this, but upsides to the Nvidia cards include the fact that the decently featured nvidia settings tool is in Synaptic and is a breeze to install and use, and my 7600 runs fanless, relying on a large(-ish) heat sink, and so contributes nothing to the system's decibel output and fractionally less to its power draw, things that are always nice. Back when I was using Dapper, I had an 1680x1050 TFT and an old 22 Mitsubishi CRT (at 1280x960) hanging off an ATI X1800. It was a pig to set up and quite honestly took me the better part of two days to get xorg.conf configured properly (although I was new to Linux then, and no doubt my clueless ignorance played a role ;-)). The X1800 and 7600 were contemporaneous products aimed at the same market segment. Of the two, the ATI has a noticeably brighter and sharper image on all the monitors I've connected it to, but in terms of ease of setup and general support on Linux, the nvidia trounces the former. That said, I see that ATI has been beefing-up its Linux driver offering recently and so their cards might be a better proposition on Ubuntu these days? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Graphics Card/Dual Monitor
Hi Everyone - I was wondering if anyone had any successful experiences with dual monitors on Ubuntu, and maybe recommend a good graphics card that is well supported and up to the task? Im going to be running dual 24screens (hopefully) if that's any help! Thanks Everyone, Jim me at jameshooker.com www.jameshooker.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Graphics Card/Dual Monitor
James Hooker wrote: Hi Everyone - I was wondering if anyone had any successful experiences with dual monitors on Ubuntu, and maybe recommend a good graphics card that is well supported and up to the task? I tried this with both an ATI Radeon X300 dual head card and a NVidia Geforce 7200GS (both cards PCI Express) and found that out of the two the NVidia card was much easier to get up and running with dual screens when using the proprietary NVidia driver. Works fine with a 17 LCD monitor and a 32 LCD TV. Both can run their native resolutions and they can act as two screens or one big screen. Not sure about the newer ATI cards for compatibility, I found that the X800 didn't work very well at all with either the free driver or the ATI proprietary driver. Never had any problems with older ATI cards though. Im going to be running dual 24screens (hopefully) if that's any help! Just make sure you have the right connections on the graphics card. You might find that some of the newer cards have two DVI connectors and some of them have one DVI and one VGA connection. If it was me, I'd personally go for the DVI connection if the monitors supported it (which gives a better picture - not normally noticeable unless you're running long cables). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Graphics Card/Dual Monitor
Rob Beard wrote: [...] Never had any problems with older ATI cards though. My Radeon 9600 (128MB) will only let me work one screen when I have my 24 connected under Ubuntu, Windows will let me dual screen a 24 and a 17. Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Graphics Card Problems
- Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: X is crashing. Take a look in (should be) /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old, hopefully it may give some error output. Put that file on pastebin or somewhere, and send us the link. Matthew http://pastebin.com/m170839ea - /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old directly after opening GE. It does seem to be mentioning things about 3D drivers and 3D performance. Hope that helps. Thanks for the reply! How did you install your graphics driver? Envy, restricted driver manager, or a different way? Johnathon -- Blog: http://kirrus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Graphics Card Problems
X is crashing. Take a look in (should be) /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old, hopefully it may give some error output. Put that file on pastebin or somewhere, and send us the link. Matthew http://pastebin.com/m170839ea - /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old directly after opening GE. It does seem to be mentioning things about 3D drivers and 3D performance. Hope that helps. Thanks for the reply! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Graphics Card Problems
Is it literally *snap*, back to the login screen every time you run a opengl-heavy program? Is there a bug report about this on launchpad? (If you don't know, say and I'll go looking for one...) Johnathon Overly detailed report: GE: o Open it o Splash screen appears o Orange screen o Flashing of different 'shades' of black o Green with loading cursor o Log in screen UT: o Open it o Recovery mode window comes up o Click on run o Splash screen appears o Flashing of different 'shades' of black o Green with loading cursor o Log in screen As to the bug report, as far as I could see there wasn't one. I wasn't too sure what to search, but there were only two results for 'x1550', neither related. Thanks for the reply. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Graphics Card Problems
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Overly detailed report: GE: o Open it o Splash screen appears o Orange screen o Flashing of different 'shades' of black o Green with loading cursor o Log in screen UT: o Open it o Recovery mode window comes up o Click on run o Splash screen appears o Flashing of different 'shades' of black o Green with loading cursor o Log in screen X is crashing. Take a look in (should be) /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old, hopefully it may give some error output. Put that file on pastebin or somewhere, and send us the link. Matthew -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Graphics Card Problems
Last Christmas, one of Santa's elves made a mistake. Instead of buying a Linux-ready graphics card to give to Craig Horner for Christmas, he brought him an ATI Radeon X1550, which so far, has been extremely annoying. I have managed to set it up so that it works as far as running Compiz using this tutorial [1]. It works for that, but whenever I try to run certain programs which I used to be able to run before the new graphics card, such as Unreal Tournament GOTY, Jazz Jack Rabbit 2, Google Earth etc, it just ends the current session and takes me back to the log in page. I don't know what details you need, but here is a copy of fglxrinfo: $ fglrxinfo display: :0.0 screen: 0 OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc. OpenGL renderer string: Radeon X1300/X1550 Series OpenGL version string: 2.1.7281 Release and $ glxinfo name of display: :1.0 display: :1 screen: 0 direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose) server glx vendor string: SGI server glx version string: 1.2 server glx extensions: GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_hyperpipe, GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig client glx vendor string: SGI client glx version string: 1.4 client glx extensions: GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory, GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap GLX version: 1.2 GLX extensions: GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect OpenGL version string: 1.2 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.1) OpenGL extensions: GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_fragment_program, GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_shadow_ambient, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_logic_op, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint, GL_EXT_copy_texture, GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_point_parameters, GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color, GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_subtexture, GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_vertex_array, GL_APPLE_packed_pixels, GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once, GL_ATIX_texture_env_combine3, GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_INGR_blend_func_separate, GL_MESA_pack_invert, GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture, GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_point_sprite, GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_NV_texture_rectangle, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SGIX_depth_texture, GL_SGIX_shadow, GL_SGIX_shadow_ambient, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat -- 0x2c 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0x2d 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 0x2e 32 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ncon 0x2f 32 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ncon It would be great if someone could help me out here. It does seem to have been done by some people. Please remember that you are talking to a relatively inexperienced Ubuntu user. Thanks. [1] http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Gutsy_Installation_Guide -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Graphics Card Problems
- Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last Christmas, one of Santa's elves made a mistake. Instead of buying a Linux-ready graphics card to give to Craig Horner for Christmas, he brought him an ATI Radeon X1550, which so far, has been extremely annoying. I have managed to set it up so that it works as far as running Compiz using this tutorial [1]. It works for that, but whenever I try to run certain programs which I used to be able to run before the new graphics card, such as Unreal Tournament GOTY, Jazz Jack Rabbit 2, Google Earth etc, it just ends the current session and takes me back to the log in page. Is it literally *snap*, back to the login screen every time you run a opengl-heavy program? Is there a bug report about this on launchpad? (If you don't know, say and I'll go looking for one...) Johnathon -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Graphics card ??
Anyone had problems with a nvidia fx5700 le vid card ??..This card seems to run ok in Ububtu and Mepis but on a spare partition I use for trying other distros the machine freezes completely with Freespire Saboyan and Xandros...I tried Elive on it and whilst it froze using the nvidia drivers it was ok on plain vesa.Is there a chance that the card is faulty and in the near future my Ubuntu might go the same way ??.. I have tried both Mepis and Ubuntu on the spare partition and both work ok... -- Regards Ted Wager G3TPI High Peak UK Using Ubuntu Linux -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
