Bryce Stenberg wrote:
Hi, I lurked on this list for some years, and have just tried to use
linux again (last time was with mandrake back in 2000 but my hardware
was not up to it).
Hi Bryce. Welcome back.
Anyway, I've aquired a second hand pc (1.2GHz celeron, 384mb ram) and
managed to lose the XP install key while blowing it away for a clean
install.
So, I thought I'd try ubuntu after seeing lots of positive comments here.
I have it installed and running but have couple of things I can't find
where to change.
1. Screen refresh rate - I'm only offerred 61hz regardless of
resolution chosen. Does this imply a wrong video driver? If so, where
do I see drivers and go about changing them? (I really hope it's point
and click). Or is something else required?
I found a big improvement in the resolutions and frequencies available
from Dapper Drake 6.06. Are you running that? If not you can have a CD.
Otherwise there might be a proprietary driver package you need to
install. What is the video card make & model please?
2. Modem connection - under the network settings I set up ppp with my
isp details, but can't get it to work or dial up. It also won't
auto-detect my modem. The modem is one of those winmodem things I
think. So, is this driver issue also? How should I go about correcting it?
Hmmm. You might be lucky. Can you recall what exactly Windows knew this
modem as? E.g. Conexant, Agere, HCF, etc..
Regards,
Bryce Stenberg.
Cheers
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Ubuntu GNU/Linux 6.06 freeOS, 2.6.15-26-686 kernel, GNOME 2.14.3 desktop
