Re: Graphics Card Issue

2008-06-25 Thread Null Ack
Youll need to post xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log for needed details. Youll get a quicker fix for this if you do a bit of investigation yourself :) Just trawl through the log and see what X is doing. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu] NVIDIA 7600 GS driver issue - Ubuntu Forums

2008-06-25 Thread david
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=834441highlight=KVM+switch -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Graphics Card Issue

2008-06-25 Thread Matthew Rossi
I am unable to give you an xorg file. I'll make a correction. It's my old computer that my family uses. It runs xp. I suspect there is a problem with the actual graphics card as it happened to an ATi card that I had in the past. Maybe the computer needs a dusting inside... When i got the

Re: Graphics Card Issue

2008-06-25 Thread Null Ack
Here ya go, use this xorg.conf it should get your up and happening on the NV driver. Then uninstall envy to clean it all out xorg.conf.nullack Description: Binary data -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: Graphics Card Issue

2008-06-25 Thread Null Ack
Are you sure you used the xorg conf I provided? It wont load the nv driver? Whats x say in the logs? -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au

Re: On Bugs and Linux Quality

2008-06-25 Thread Slawek Drabot
Daniel Morrison: I have had similiar experiences to what you describe but surely this is what free software is all about! Choice. If you are concerned about stability and showstopper bugs, choose Debian, RHEL, etc. If you are concerned about bleeding edge functionality and hardware

Re: On Bugs and Linux Quality

2008-06-25 Thread Daniel Mons
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Slawek Drabot wrote: | Choice is great. However we need to ask ourselves if we really need 20 different media players, for example, instead of 3 or 4 really good ones? | | The nature of open source means that there are always more bugs than resources

Re: On Bugs and Linux Quality

2008-06-25 Thread Karl Goetz
On Mon, 2008-06-23 at 14:03 +1000, Null Ack wrote: Slawek having been on the tender process for numerous Government contracts (both inside in the Government and outside in vendors) the key pros / cons for Linux I see are: 1. Pro - reduced TCO 2. Pro - easy sell for servers 3. Con - hard

Re: On Bugs and Linux Quality

2008-06-25 Thread Karl Goetz
On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 18:22 +1000, Steve Lindsay wrote: On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Null Ack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Linux needs to have less scatterbrain behaviour where half done things are left and the chaos moves forward to the next semi complete feature. It needs to consolidate

Re: On Bugs and Linux Quality

2008-06-25 Thread Karl Goetz
On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 19:53 +1000, Daniel Mons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Blindraven wrote: | *shrug* | | I agree fully with the op. trim It should be mentioned that a common criticism of RedHat Enterprise Linux is that it moves quite slowly. They are slow to

Re: Graphics Card Issue

2008-06-25 Thread James Collier
Hi Matthew, I've come across this exact same problem on both my old dev machines! It only happens rarely and I havn't had a chance to work out why it's happening yet. Obviously it has NOTHING to do with Xorg (as you said) because: 1. the monitor displays the no signal message 2.

Re: On Bugs and Linux Quality

2008-06-25 Thread Karl Goetz
On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 21:19 +1000, Dave Hall wrote: On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 20:35 +1000, Null Ack wrote: Daniel with respect, I did not mean to present that the solution to improving the quality of GNU/Linux is for centralised control. trim I dont see proper release management stifling any

Re: On Bugs and Linux Quality

2008-06-25 Thread Daniel Mons
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Karl Goetz wrote: | Surely your not saying Debian stable has faster adoption then Red Hat | EL? Or were you refering to release turn around time? I know very few people who use Debian Stable at a desktop level. Most (including myself) use Debian

Re: Graphics Card Issue

2008-06-25 Thread andremangan
1. Try the monitor with another computer. If it does not work, it has ended its useful life. 2. Swap the connecting cable with another cable either analogue or digital - the 7600 GS should have both sockets. If it does not work, your graphics card may be at fault. 3. Connect the monitor to