Dianne Reuby wrote: > I've got a PC with an ATI Radeon Xpress 200 video - I know I've seen > comments in the past ATI isn't very well supported. Looking at the > forums and the hardware pages, though it seems some people use them OK, > and I've read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver > > I've found some ATI cards work better than others, I have an ATI Radeon All In Wonder X800 which has a funny turn with Ubuntu when it's attached to both the PC monitor and our LCD TV. Although I have found some ATI cards work great.
It's not just ATI I've had problems with too, I've had real problems with NVidia cards too. > But when I try the LiveCD (9.10) all I get is a flashing cursor on a > black screen, so I can't try enabling the restricted drivers or checking > the compatibility anyway. Is there a way round this? > > When you boot the Live CD, you should be able to choose the option for Safe Graphics Mode (I think), it's one of the F keys, you should see something at the bottom of the screen where you can select to try Ubuntu or run the installation program. > And is this an "on board" chip, rather than an actual card which can be > changed? (I get that impression from looking at it, and from reading > stuff on line.) > Yes, I have a feeling it is. However it may be possible to fit a graphics card. I don't suppose you know the make and model number of your motherboard do you, or if it's a branded PC (say a Dell, HP etc), what the make and model number is? It is possible that your motherboard may have an AGP slot for an external graphics card, or a PCI Express slot (or two). As a minimum it should have a PCI slot (assuming it's a desktop PC and not a laptop). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
