ok ill try the alternate installer. thanks. So no fix for the chrome9 card? were you able to run compiz with vesa?
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 9:08 AM, wolbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > run the ubuntu alternate installer. i have a via chrome9 video card but i > don't know how to make it work in ubuntu 7.10, only vesa is working so > far. > a thread in the ubuntu forum says you may try compiling the via driver but > the outcome is reportedly very limited and not much different from vesa > > beryto delrio wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I am going to change my distro to ubuntu and use a different system. The > new system (notebook) utilizes an onboard via chrome9 video card. When i > booted up the installation disk it goes into a black screen and stays that > way. I tried using my old distro, Mandriva, and i discovered that I am > having problems with the video. I was able to run mandriva using a vesa > driver but not the via chrome9 one. And it is a pain. Once I log out I still > get a black screen. I'm guessing that I might be having the same problem > with ubuntu. Now I want this to run on my notebook using chrome9 instead of > vesa. Also I want to use ubuntu this time. > > Has anyone encountered this problem? > > Thanks. > > Jubert > > ------------------------------ > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ > irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >
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