hi Nio, As this is marked as a work around to a bug, I'd suggest popping it onto https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/FAQ/Workarounds
Regards, Phill. On 8 August 2013 07:58, Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2013-08-08 03:01, Aere Greenway wrote: > > On 08/07/2013 05:04 PM, John Hupp wrote: > >> For what it's worth, I have just found that the workaround detailed in > >> Comment #1 in the bug report > >> (http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1178982) does > >> work. On my system there was no existing /etc/X11/xorg.conf, so I > >> created it and added the specified lines as the sole content of the > file. > >> > >> The colors and the proper window size were restored. This Dell has an > >> Intel 845G chipset, so this workaround may fix this problem on any > >> motherboard with the same chipset (or even other Intel chipsets that > >> use the same Intel driver). > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> Verging strictly off-topic, but remaining with the question of getting > >> Flash to work decently well: > >> > >> On this former XP machine with a Celeron 2.4 GHz and 1 GB RAM, YouTube > >> videos in the default window size and playing at 360p seemed to > >> perform normally. Likewise, video from Hulu can be set to a lower > >> quality to help assure continuous play. But video from Vimeo can only > >> be set to HD-Off (if HD is available). And with video from the > >> broadcast network sites CBS.com, NBC.com and ABC.com, you can only > >> change screen size. So it seems that videos from Vimeo, CBS, NBC and > >> ABC offer very little accommodation for lower-spec setups. And > >> relatedly, I find that video that plays OK on a Windows PC with a dual > >> core Intel E2200 @ 2.20 GHz -- even with just 1.3 Mbps download on my > >> DSL service -- plays badly on the 2.4 GHz Celeron using the same > >> Internet connection. So in this case processing power is more > >> important than Internet connection speed. > >> > >> 2.4 GHz is the minimum required spec for Flash (the last I knew), but > >> perhaps that merely means that you'll be able to play *something* > >> (like YouTube or Hulu videos at a lower-quality setting), not that > >> you'll be able to play everything. > >> > >> Does anyone know if there is a way to lower the quality settings for > >> sites like Vimeo, CBS, NBC and ABC, even if there is no > >> quality-setting tool in the player interface? (Or does anyone differ > >> with the assessment I offer above?) > > John: > > > > Thank you very much for your reply. > > > > There's a lot of really good information in it. > > > > -- > > Sincerely, > > Aere > > > +1 > Thank you very much for describing and discussing this workaround :-) > > I was able to get good graphics with Saucy alpha 2 in my old IBM > Thinkcentre desktop computer, that has suffered from bad graphics since > Raring. I used your workaround, John, and it worked without issues with > the log in screen. > > My Thinkcentre has the following graphics > > VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics > Controller (rev 02) > > I'll attach two text files for clarity, one with the tips explicitly > stated, and one with the output of lspci on my Thinkcentre. > > I used the installed system for USB according to the following link > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstalledSystemFakePAE > > I don't notice the bad graphics with my wall-paper (for Saucy alpha2), > but switch to the default one, and you see it! After adding uxa > acceleration, the default wallpaper is rendered as it should, without > the sharp boundaries, 'jagged' as described by Aere concerning the > Raring wallpaper. > > -o- > > I found also this link about UXA for Intel graphics > > > http://task3.cc/135/intel-graphic-cards-linux-xorg-and-uxa-performance-boost/ > > -o- > > @ Phill: > > Where could this workaround be added into the Lubuntu Wiki? > > Best regards > Nio > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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