[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2014-01-30 Thread piccobello
My experience in a nutshell (using Kubuntu): - I have an old machine with a GeForce FX 5200, which was working great with natty and the proprietary nvidia-173 driver, manually installed - I don't care about 3D and effects, but watching movies with nouveau I had some annoying flickering horizontal

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 782855] Re: missing pixels (horizontal lines) in font rendering

2012-06-23 Thread piccobello
@irihapeti: fix #24 works for me, problem solved for this video card $ lspci -nn|grep -i vga 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03) module i915, Kubuntu oneiric (11.10) Thanks to all! -

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 782855] Re: missing pixels (horizontal lines) in font rendering

2012-04-23 Thread piccobello
I have this bug at least since upgrade to oneiric (kubuntu), maybe earlier. It comes and goes. I'll post a pic next time it happens. Can I do something else? $ lspci -nn|grep -i vga 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graph

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 727594] Re: SRU: [i915gm] GPU lockup (ESR: 0x00000001 IPEHR: 0x02000004)

2012-04-21 Thread piccobello
I have an old machine with this intel graphics card: $ lspci -v|grep -i vga 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) I am using Kubuntu natty since a while now, and I never had a problem whatsoever. I only le

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 774999] Re: [i865G] Upgrade should warn user about lack of support for old 8xx intel hardware

2012-04-21 Thread piccobello
I have an old machine with this intel graphics card: $ lspci -v|grep -i vga 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) I am using Kubuntu natty since a while now, and I never had a problem whatsoever. I onl