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Old 17-03-2007, 08:46 PM
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I'm having issues configuring X on my new shiny install of Ubuntu.

Any suggestions?

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On the laptop i installed Ubuntu myself, and had the same problem myself with the Nvidia driver. i haven't use it since (last year) because of that.
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If the laptop was new at the time the hardware support might not have been great. If you try the latest release you should do better.

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Actualy the laptop was about 1 year old. I checked the Ubuntu website and at that time I installed the recommended one by them and it made it worse.
I'll probably give another go this week coming, but i probably should get the new Ubuntu.
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Same kind of problem here. Although Nvidia supposedly offer drivers for Linux(Ubuntu) I couldn't do the whole configuring "X" thing so I stuck to 1024*768 (Maybe 800*600 can't remember). Anyway, that and my wireless card doesn't have a Ubuntu driver is why I'm not using Ubuntu full-time.
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Unless your laptop is brand new (as in only bought last week) I'd be very surprised if there weren't drivers available for it at this stage

Michele - who is still trying to fix his Nvidia problems
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Just an update on this. I got it all working nicely and have a lovely desktop:

Configuring Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS on Ubuntu Edgy using Envy
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