Re: 2D PCIe graphics card with (ubuntu) open source driver.
- From: Aladdin Sane <aladdin_sane@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:46:20 -0500
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:59:02 -0700, thomas.mertes wrote:
Maybe the update which caused this was the replacement of the package
nvidia-glx by nvidiy-glx-new. The hardware driver program (in the system
pulldown menue) just offers a graphics drivers for the newest cards
(which probably means nvidis-glx-new). This means that I am not able to
specify that the old driver should be used.
I think you are right about this. Recently I had a very similar problem
to that with Ubuntu 8.04. It would not drive a built-in older nVidia
chip on a portable, regarless of nvidia-glx, nvidia-glx-new, or the
driver from nVidia. Annoyed me because I knew my client would be playing
games on the system, and only the stock X driver would work.
BTW: The onboard graphic on my mainboard is a NVIDIA GeForce 6150 GPU
with a NVIDIA nForce 430 MCP chipset. After several dozends of reboots,
downloading different packages using of EnvyNG and following different
suggestions I do not want to deal with proprietary drivers any more.
I am using a 6150 right now. I am using Debian Unstable/Sid on this
system. The nVidia driver works great, but the stock X driver does not
support my 1600x1200 LCD. Big frowny face :-( because I also do not care
much about the 3D eye candy and would not have bothered.
But Ubuntu does something weird that limits my choice for the driver that
I want to use that I can get to work, and Debian (on which Ubuntu is
based) does not.
I opine that you may want to consider replacing your software, rather
than your hardware, as it is the cheaper option.
Please help me. Working with 800x600 is suboptimal.
Undoubtedly. I hope you do not have to spend money on hardware to fix
the software. Maybe somebody in the Ubuntu forums can help?
.
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