On Tuesday 16 September 2008 16:16, Nick Rout wrote: > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Wesley Parish > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I've just installed Kubuntu 7.10 desktop on an Asus laptop (c. 2008 > > vintage) for someone at St Albans. It's got an Intel graphics chipset, > > and unfortunately, it's come up with multiple triple-dash artifacts on > > the screen. > > > > Has anyone come across this sort of problem before? What sort of advice > > do people have? > > Why 7.10? Recent hardware often needs recent drivers. Try 8.04.
The most recent isos in the repository were 7.10. I could've chosen another iso, but since Ubuntu's one of the better-known recent distros, I thought it was a safe bet. > > what driver is kubuntu choosing for the X server? (grep -i driver > /etc/X11/xorg.conf, or if it is autoprobing peruse > /var/log/Xorg.0.log). Never got around to doing that. I installed it, led the person I did it for through a few basic details, then she went away. > > Does it have artifacts on the live cd? Or just on an installed version? Just on the installed version. i told her, that it probably would get in touch with the Ubuntu home site and ask her to install the updates. > > google for the specific chipset and or model number, or look here > http://www.linux-laptop.net/ or here http://tuxmobil.org/asus.html for > the specific hardware, which will give you user experience based tips. Thanks. I'll do that, and if I get any emails from her about the installation, I'll see what I can do. Wesley Parish -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ----- Gaul is quartered into three halves. Things which are impossible are equal to each other. Guerrilla warfare means up to their monkey tricks. Extracts from "Schoolboy Howlers" - the collective wisdom of the foolish. ----- Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.
