On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Gustin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Brian Blater wrote: > > I have an older machine that has been running Ubuntu Studio 7.10 for > > awhile. For the last couple of days I've been trying to install US > > 8.04 on this box (clean install.) For the most part the install went > > fine, but I'm only getting 800x600 resolution from my card - Geforce2 > > MX400 using the default driver. I installed the proprietary nvidia > > drivers using the driver manager that pops-up and tells that their are > > proprietary drivers available and then I end up with only 640x480 > > after the reboot. Can't seem to get any better. I did some google > > searching and it seams others have had the same problems. No real fix > > for it from what I can tell. Several were able to get it working after > > installing EnvyNG several times, others modified the xorg.conf. I > > tried the EnvyNG route and it uninstalls the proprietary drivers and > > installs the drivers. Then I either get 640x480 or X won't even start. > > > > I thought maybe this was a problem specific to the MX400 so I tried > > installing using a Geforce FX5200 and I'm getting the same problem. I > > have to admit this is very frustrating as I've always been able to > > just install and it works. But this time for the life of me I just > > can't get it work on this machine. I messed with this for the last > > couple of days and I've gone no where. I can't believe that US 8.04 > > won't work on this hardware. > > > > I've noticed several times that the machine will stop on Timidity and > > just hang when I try to reboot. Not sure if that has anything to do > > with it or not. > > > > Any help I can get will be greatly appreciated. I would really like to > > get this machine back up and running. > > > - From the command line, try: > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg > > Choose the nv driver (open source 2d only). This should get you back > into graphical mode. If you do not need 3D (and I mean need, as in it > is *required* to get your work done, not because you think compiz is > purdy) I would stick with the 2d drivers. I have had problems in the > past with the proprietary video drivers and real time kernels. > > When choosing drivers, I believe there is a legacy nVidia driver, which > is the one you want. You could also download the latest (legacy) driver > directly from nvidia, and install it via the CLI. Choose driver by adding: Driver "drivername" Under the VideoCard seciton of /etc/X11/xorg.conf -- Christopher Stamper Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://tinyurl.com/2ooncg gTalk: http://tinyurl.com/6e359r Skype: cdstamper
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