Re: [PLUG] truly wierd video screen behavior on new system install of Ubuntu Lucid Lynx install

2012-01-29 Thread website reader
To everyone: I found that the linux drivers for the Intel Sandy Bridge chipset were in bad shape a year ago and it took a year's work to fix this problem. Unfortunately Intel has the fix for the Linux v3.1 kernel and I am only using v2.6.32-37 right now in Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS. Intel Linux Open

Re: [PLUG] truly wierd video screen behavior on new system install of Ubuntu Lucid Lynx install

2012-01-29 Thread Wayne E. Van Loon Sr.
website reader wrote: This is a brain-storming request. I just purchased an Asus P8H61-M rev B3 motherboard which uses the Intel H61 chipset. I attached an Acer G205HV lcd monitor which says that it is capable of running 1600x900 vga dvi-d (I am still trying to figure out what vga dvi-d

Re: [PLUG] truly wierd video screen behavior on new system install of Ubuntu Lucid Lynx install

2012-01-29 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:19:44 -0500 website reader website.read...@gmail.com dijo: Intel Linux Open Source developers say that the code now works great, so do I have to attempt to pull linux v3.1 into Ubuntu 10.04 ?? I really don't want to go to the new Unity desktop since looking at animated

Re: [PLUG] Scanning pci bus

2012-01-29 Thread Mike Connors
Maybe I am asking the wrong question. Maybe this one will work for me: How do you turn on a pci card after boot. The module that services it is loaded, but the device is not visible. -- Ken Stephens, SV Aventura, Portland, OR Unless there's a physical switch on your EeePC to

[PLUG] resolved problem

2012-01-29 Thread logical american
To all: FYI: Regarding the trouble getting graphics to work on the Asus P8H61-M motherboard, by switching to Ubuntu Precise kernel v3.2, all graphics problems were resolved. Evidentally the correct Intel drivers did make it into the Xorg code and also the supporting kernel parameters. The