Re: Do ATI HD cards have good working drivers for Linux (Debian Squeeze in particular)

2012-08-08 Thread aditya menon
UTC+5:30, aditya menon wrote: > Hello everyone, > > > I'm planning to get a new computer, and the one I really like is an > All-in-one from Lenovo with ATI HD 6450 graphics. Does anyone have experience > with that? I made a huge mistake last time by getting an nVidia Op

Re: What commands do I need to remove all vestiges of X + Bumblebee from my Squeeze installation?

2012-07-15 Thread aditya menon
Hi, Kindly disregard my previous message - I've done a reinstall of the OS, and I'm about to start a new thread for recommendations. Thanks... On Sunday, July 15, 2012 7:30:01 AM UTC+5:30, aditya menon wrote: > Hello! > > I have had to install and remove X multiple times us

Re: What commands do I need to remove all vestiges of X + Bumblebee from my Squeeze installation?

2012-07-15 Thread aditya menon
example)? Also, Bumblebee was not installed via Aptitude, and even after following the instructions to uninstall it won't go away... I can understand if it's not possible to help me with this info, no problem... On Sunday, July 15, 2012 9:30:01 AM UTC+5:30, Gary Dale wrote: > On 14/

What commands do I need to remove all vestiges of X + Bumblebee from my Squeeze installation?

2012-07-14 Thread aditya menon
Hello! I have had to install and remove X multiple times using aptitude trying to debug my graphic card. Now, I'm ready to give up and simply get X as it is. I also have tried the uninstall process outlined in Bumblebee's documentation, but it still tries to start up (I can see it calling 'star

Re: Do ATI HD cards have good working drivers for Linux (Debian Squeeze in particular)

2012-07-11 Thread aditya menon
Thank you, *everyone*, for the very helpful and detailed replies! I am much more confident of that chip now. Looks like "it's a Buy" ;D On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 7:36 PM, CamaleĆ³n wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:30:05 +0530, aditya menon wrote: > > > I'm plannin

Re: Do ATI HD cards have good working drivers for Linux (Debian Squeeze in particular)

2012-07-11 Thread aditya menon
uble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1342011376.2072.24.camel@precise > > -- sincerely, aditya menon - +91989309 - http://www.forrst.me/adityamenon

Re: Do ATI HD cards have good working drivers for Linux (Debian Squeeze in particular)

2012-07-11 Thread aditya menon
o the summary would be that "there are open source drivers available, they do work, but I may be violating licences" - am I right? On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 17:30 +0530, aditya menon wrote: > > All-in-one from Lenovo with ATI >

Do ATI HD cards have good working drivers for Linux (Debian Squeeze in particular)

2012-07-11 Thread aditya menon
work properly with it (nVidia's fault for not releasing proper drivers). I tried a lot of stuff including bumblebee etc (which doesn't work but I botched the uninstall and it still lives on my computer) I want to mitigate that risk this time... please help? Thanks! -- sincerel

Re: How to install drivers for this nVidia graphics card?

2012-05-19 Thread aditya menon
ibgl1-mesa-dri were needed too > * finally, move your old xorg.conf out of the way and start X without > one, it should figure it out by itself > > This worked for me. If it doesn't for you, please don't forget you can > use Google just like anybody would h

How to install drivers for this nVidia graphics card?

2012-05-16 Thread aditya menon
thing I do results in X failing to start. In fact I just re-installed X and now it refuses to start at all. So are there a set of commands I can use to simply install the driver? My primary need is to raise the resolution of the monitor... Thanks! -- sincerely, aditya menon