Re: Problems with Video using Samsung 46" LCD Model: LNX4695DX

James Wendt wrote:
Karl,

I definitely have an Nvidia card.

I did what you said and confirmed that.

The model is:

NVIDIA QUADRO NVS 285 128MB PCI-E VIDEO CARD [DH261]

Ubuntu runs in "low graphics mode" but chokes if I try to change anything.

Help!

Jim


If you want help please bottom comment and tell us what goes wrong
when you try what nVidia driver. There are several :-)


Karl



On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


James Wendt wrote:

Dear Friends,

I have recently installed the latest edition of Ubuntu on a new Dell

desktop

that was previously running Vista.

With Windows Vista on this machine, I was able to use my Samsung LCD as

the

monitor with no problem whatsoever.

However, now that I installed Ubuntu, the monitor will display the Dell
boot-up information and the very beginning of the Ubuntu boot but the

minute

that the Ubuntu logo starts to load, the screen goes blank and that's

it.

I'm not using any fancy drivers or settings. I have reinstalled several
times and each time simply allowed the installation to pick the basic

and

non-proprietary drivers for video.

When I connect a regular monitor to the same cable, everything is just

fine

so I suspect that the issue is either with the box outputting the wrong
resolution or refresh rate or something similar.

Does anybody know how I should set this to work with the Samsung LCD?
Again, it worked fine under Vista but I really (REALLY) don't want to go
back to that if at all possible and I see no reason why this should not

work

once I figure out what is getting in the way.

This is not a mechanical issue. All cables are good, LCD panel is good,

PC

is good... all systems "go" but still no display.

Help and thanks in advance.

Sincerely,

Jim



Hi Jim this sounds like a nVidia video card problem. Fine out if you
can what card you have.

You need to edit the kernel line on your menu.lst in the directory
/boot/grub/. Or you can do it with grub but this is tricky.

Try this: Boot and wait until it quits loading. Then press Ctrl and
Alt and then F1 and you should then see a prompt and sign in. Then do
this: sudo lspci and see what video you have.

Karl


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