On 11 Nov, 10:24, "OPM595" <opm...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > Hi Guy's, > > I did post this to the main forums, but been a bit light on replies. So > thought I'd just pass it bye the list, hoping to get a bit of advice, if > possible, from the smart, good-looking and intelligent Ubuntu users here. > :) > > I have just purchased a new machine with an ASUS P5KPL-AM/PS motherboard > and installed Koala 9.10 amd64. The Alt ISO image installed fine, and > everything seems Ok except my graphics resolution, which has the only > single option of 800 x 600. > > There is a longer version to my story, but to cut it short; I purchased > the machine off Ebay, advertised as having a Nvidia Geforce 7050 VGA > inside, which is, according to my research, Ubuntu happy. It didn't (have > the Nvidia GeForce), and surprisingly the seller has all but left for > Brazil. Talk about Caveat Emptor, and that which is said of deals too good > to be true. Guess I'll never learn. > > Anyway, should I just bite the bullet on this and just purchase a > compatible graphics board, or is there another solution? > > Any advice or suggestions on this would be very much appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > rob > Good day Rob
I assume you have loaded up the drivers if not this one may help came out I think about Aug/sept http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_185.18.36.html same kit on another machine here Asus board Intel 8400 chipset with same card as you difference however,is running 32 bit So looked up the 64 bit version for you above HTH Oh, one more thing I found I had to reload twice for some reason the samsung screen install disk ? now its fine running tyhe syncmaster 2243 on that older box cheers -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
