thanks all, I got rid of the Nvidia driver and the rest is done. I downloaded 12.1 but haven't installed it yet.
More ... b Bob Weis Generation Films 28 Mary St St Kilda West Australia, 3182 Tel +61395371195 Mob +61408373756 Fax +61399236388 my web site for opinionated chat *ourbookcircle.com* On 25 October 2012 23:00, <ubuntu-au-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com> wrote: > Send ubuntu-au mailing list submissions to > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > ubuntu-au-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > ubuntu-au-ow...@lists.ubuntu.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ubuntu-au digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: 12.04 problem (Timothy Arceri) > 2. Re: 12.04 problem (Paul Gear) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 01:48:49 -0700 (PDT) > From: Timothy Arceri <t_arc...@yahoo.com.au> > To: "ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com" <ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com> > Subject: Re: 12.04 problem > Message-ID: > <1351154929.88548.yahoomail...@web163403.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > > What kind of graphics card do you have? You may be better off installing > the proprietary drivers if you havent already. > > Tim > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Hi, > > since I downloaded the latest version I have a white rectangle over the > left hand side of the screen.? I have tried everything I know such as the > Display tool and changing resolution or auto-detect displays to no avail.. > If I put the mouse over the white space where I know a menu or control is > the software reacts appropriately but it is flying blind.? Any thoughts > would be gratefully received. > > For a while it showed laptop as the system type and that took a bit of > fiddling to get rid of too > Bob Weis > Generation Films > 28 Mary St > St Kilda West > Australia, 3182 > Tel +61395371195 > Mob +61408373756 > Fax +61399236388 > my web site for opinionated chat > *ourbookcircle.com* > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:14:03 +1000 > From: Paul Gear <p...@libertysys.com.au> > To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: 12.04 problem > Message-ID: <50891efb.7010...@libertysys.com.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" > > On 10/25/2012 06:48 PM, Timothy Arceri wrote: > > > > What kind of graphics card do you have? You may be better off installing > the proprietary drivers if you havent already. > > > +1 - or turn them off if you've already installed them. This really > smacks of a driver problem. Also looking at backports for updated xorg* > or linux-image* packages might be worthwhile. > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: paul.vcf > Type: text/x-vcard > Size: 203 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-au/attachments/20121025/fea3bc02/attachment-0001.vcf > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > End of ubuntu-au Digest, Vol 80, Issue 9 > **************************************** >
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