Re: [Hampshire] x configuration on GeForce 8400 GS

2008-12-31 Thread Rob Malpass
- Original Message - From: "Bob Dunlop" To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [Hampshire] x configuration on GeForce 8400 GS > On Wed, Dec 31 at 11:09, Rob Malpass wrote: >> Yes it did but I then got a

Re: [Hampshire] x configuration on GeForce 8400 GS

2008-12-31 Thread Bob Dunlop
On Wed, Dec 31 at 11:09, Rob Malpass wrote: > Yes it did but I then got a blank screen as soon as this happened. Only > manual faffing around with xorg.conf has got me even this far. Hmm blank screen on Ubuntu sounds familiar. Is this another combination where Compiz needs to be disabled ? s

Re: [Hampshire] x configuration on GeForce 8400 GS

2008-12-31 Thread Alan Pope
2008/12/30 Paul Stimpson : > You can download the latest driver from nvidia.com if the Ubuntu installer > hasn't worked. You will need to get to a text login sudo into root then do an > init 3 before running it. > I wouldn't do that. You will break the update mechanism for the nvidia drivers by

Re: [Hampshire] x configuration on GeForce 8400 GS

2008-12-31 Thread Rob Malpass
- Original Message - From: "Paul Stimpson" To: "Hampshire LUG Mailing List" Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:31 PM Subject: Re: [Hampshire] x configuration on GeForce 8400 GS [snip] >Your card appears to be supported so Ubuntu should have done this fo

Re: [Hampshire] x configuration on GeForce 8400 GS

2008-12-30 Thread Paul Stimpson
-Original Message- From: "Rob Malpass" Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:48:12 To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: [Hampshire] x configuration on GeForce 8400 GS -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinf

[Hampshire] x configuration on GeForce 8400 GS

2008-12-30 Thread Rob Malpass
Hi all Can someone please point me toward a working configuration guide for X on Ubuntu (8.10)? I've been trying all afternoon and, to be honest, I'm in the dark as to what to try next. Using a default configuration, I can get 800x600 out of my GeForce 8400GS - but with the font sizes I have