-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Karoliina Salminen wrote: > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 10:23 AM, aYo Binitie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Thanks, I'd nigh but given up on ever being able to use 2 monitors. I almost >> cannot wait to go to work and try this out now. > > Have you tried the nVidia installer from the nVidia site? Would it work > better? > On certain versions of Ubuntu, the only way to make my laptop display > a picture in graphics mode has been to use the nVidia installer from > the nVidia site and then uninstalling everything Ubuntu provides by > default for the nVidia. > I have a working multiple monitor setup with the driver that comes > with the Ubuntu (laptop screen + 30 inch 2560x1600 display), but > haven't tried the studio kernel on this one. However, to make the VGA > output (the analog one) to display proper resolutions (other than > 640x480), with the nvidia-settings application, I have found that need > to use the nVidia driver from the nVidia site because the Ubuntu > supplied one is broken on that sense (and it is by the way very hard > to remove the Ubuntu supplied nVidia stuff (I used to have a blog > entry about that on my previous blog, but with the Hardy it no longer > works as the Ubuntu overrides the kernel module compiled by the nVidia > installer even if I have uninstalled all nvidia-related stuff from the > Ubuntu prior running the nVidia installer)). > I have switched between the Ubuntu driver and the one from nVidia's website with no issues. Having said that, I have found that the binary drivers periodically behave oddly with RT kernels. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Right now I am waiting for a new laptop that is Intel through and through (CPU, chipset, video, wifi etc.). I am done with binary blob and or non-supported hardware (that means you nVidia, AMD, broadcomm et al.)
If you have the choice and RT is important, then stick with the open source drivers. If you absolutely *must* have some extra features, then buy hardware with proper drivers (right now that means Intel, though ATI is showing some positive signs and I may recommend them in the future). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFI75qcwRXgH3rKGfMRAsBFAJ9BUDBeZQ3HITV/PuwufbLrDOtJKwCfaz8h Bnh761xn1dVkr08+yG9lAMo= =FvJD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
