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General => Installation issues => Topic started by: pigdog on June 19, 2008, 08:34:01 pm

Title: Re: UI2 with alpha blending
Post by: pigdog on June 19, 2008, 08:34:01 pm
Hi,

As for as I know it should work depending upon what type of Video card you are using.

What are you using for a Video card?

Cheers
Title: Re: UI2 with alpha blending
Post by: pigdog on June 20, 2008, 12:45:52 am
Hi,

It looks like you're building a Core/Hybrid system.

Your Monitor is hooked to the VGA port or to the DVI port with a DVI to VGA adapter?

I see that it's 1024/768 @ 60 Hz resolution.

Could you post your xorg.conf file?

(I tried Nvidia drivers from the Nvidia site but I found that using the default NV drivers in LMCE were easier to initially work with.)
Title: Re: UI2 with alpha blending
Post by: pigdog on June 20, 2008, 02:02:04 pm
Hi,

When you are running through the A/V wizard just try defaults for everything, i.e. VGA,640x480, 60hz.

Your monitor runs at 1024/768 in VESA.  Maybe there is something to do with the xorg.conf.

Your display ranges.

     Resolution  H. Freq. V. Freq.
Mode   (H x V)    (KHz)     (Hz)   Notes
  1   640 x 480   31.47      60    VGA
  2   640 x 480   43.47      85    VESA
  3   720 x 400   37.93      85    VGA
  4   800 x 600   53.67      85    VESA
  5   832 x 624   49.73      75    MAC
  6  1024 x 768   68.68      85    VESA
  7  1152 x 870   68.68      75    MAC
  8  1280 x 1024  91.15      85    VESA
  9  1600 x 1200  75.00      60    VESA
 10  1600 x 1200  93.75      75    VESA

Cheers.
Title: Re: UI2 with alpha blending
Post by: gazlang on June 20, 2008, 02:32:51 pm
You need to make xorg use the nvidia driver not nv, also try using the latest nvidia drivers. Using envy should sort that out (it has worked for me in the past).

Download the envy.deb from here -> http://albertomilone.com/ubuntu/nvidia/scripts/legacy/envy_0.9.10-0ubuntu10_all.deb

and click the downloaded .deb file to install

Then from terminal run

Code: [Select]
sudo envy -t
hit 1 (I think) to install the nvidia driver.

If you can't get as far as the KDE desktop, then hit esc when prompted during boot and select to run the kernel in troubleshooting mode.
It will end up with a command line prompt, and type

Code: [Select]
wget http://albertomilone.com/ubuntu/nvidia/scripts/legacy/envy_0.9.10-0ubuntu10_all.deb
then

Code: [Select]
dpkg -i envy_0.9.10-0ubuntu10_all.deb
and run with

Code: [Select]
envy -t
(I haven't tried doing this in command line myself, but assume it will all work!)

It will probably be best to run the av wizard again after this so type

Code: [Select]
reboot
and hit shift on your keyboard after the first set of beeps on the kubuntu splash screen. You should here a different beep confirmation, and it will enter av wizard.

If you cant see anything after the av wizard start beeps then hit 1 on your keyboard. The av wizard will beep and restart with vga settings. If still nothing try 2, 3, 4.

Hope that helps
Title: Re: UI2 with alpha blending
Post by: colinjones on June 21, 2008, 02:50:21 am
gazlang - if you are using 0710R2 it includes and defaults to the prop. nvidia driver - version 169.12 which is one version old but still only Jan this year...
Title: Re: UI2 with alpha blending
Post by: Zaerc on September 14, 2008, 02:24:55 pm

apparently i need the superuser privilege to use the code: dpkg -i envy_0.9.10-0ubuntu10_all.deb,
but i can't figure out how to do that..

Who can help me out?

See: http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Logging_In#Becoming_root.