I should also mention that when I installed g OS, I followed this guide: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-763964.html because to begin with my screen would not allow me full resolution, but I only went as far as step 7 because after that it *seemed* to work fine... i.e. I had use of the full screen instead of just a little box inside of it.
On Jan 17, 1:39 pm, gOSsip <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I tried running YouTube at different times, on different machines and > even on different networks, but the issue persists. > > here is the output of lspci: > > a...@adam-linux-laptop:~$ lspci > 00:00.0 Host bridge: AlLi Corporation M1644?m6144T Northbridge+Trident > (Rev 01) > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ALi Corporation PCI to AGP Controller > 00:02.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) > 00:04.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c3) > 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link > Controller Audio Device (rev 01) > 00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALI Corporation M1533/M1535 PCI to ISA Bridge > [Aladdin IV/V/V+] > 00:08.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller > [PMU] > 00:11.0 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to > Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support (rev 32) > 00:11.1 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to > Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support (rev 32) > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade > XPAi1 (rev 82) > > Regards > > Adam > > On Jan 16, 11:14 am, elliott-brennan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > In a terminal, write: > > > lspci > > > (this is LSPCI all in lower case, it means you want it to list 'ls' the pci > > cards attached to the machine) > > > You should be able to see something which relates to video cards or video. > > > I know this is a pain, but did you try viewing YouTube videos at different > > times and on different machines at similar times? > > > It would not be your RAM that's causing the problem because you have more > > than sufficient. > > > It could be the graphics card isn't set up properly. > > > Post the output of the command I've detailed and we should be able to help. > > > Regards, > > > Patrick > > > On 16/01/2009, gOSsip <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I just installed gOS on an old Toshiba Satellite, 512MB RAM 40G HDD > > > and a 2wire PC WNIC. It's a little slower that what I'm used to, but > > > I'm sure that's the low end specs of the hardware. I've managed to > > > install codecs so that I can play movies, but as with YouTube on the > > > device, the frame rate seems really low and it jumps with gaps up to 5 > > > seconds on the visual whilst the audio works fine. Is it my graphics > > > card? How can I know what Graphics Card this laptop has via a command > > > line Search Or would it be the amount of RAM I have? > > > > Thanks for a great distro! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
