Good news for you . Now you can load up extreme tux racer (its in synaptic) and goe bob sledding and skiing
slightly addictive btw :) On Nov 13, 3:35 pm, "OPM595" <opm...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > Many thanks for that kind offer, Phil. > I'm actually on the other side of the Island (South Western Sydney). > I'll most certainly check out those links though - thanks. > > To be honest, I bit the bullet and took the easy way out. > Meaning I spent a couple of bucks and purchased a Gigabyte GeForce 8400 GS > (has Nvidia onboard). > Problem solved! It worked right out of the box. I can actually view > everything now in it's correct resolution. Phew! > > Many thanks to everyone who has contributed their time and effort on this > one. > > Regards, > Rob > =============================================== > Local Id: OPM595 > Email: opm...@yahoo.com.au > PO Box 190, Narellan NSW 2567 Australia > > Aude aliquid dignum - "Dare Something Worthy" > =============================================== > > On Thu, November 12, 2009 11:32 am, Phil in the scrub wrote: > > > > > Hi Rob , > > What monitor brand and model do you have ? > > As I mentioned earlier had similar problem with the Samsung > > (beautiful screen by the way ) > > and after loading the samsung install disc TWICE ? problem went > > away . > > If your in WA can lend you a couple of screens and software to try > > Sync master dell or samsung > > The dell gave me a bit of heartburn also similar to yours on 9.10 > > but since reverting back to an earlier version no worries. > > What helped me back in the early days was these threads (I save them > > in bookmarks ) > > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/screen-resolut... > > or maybe it was this one > >http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/138524-stuck-800x600-res... > > > caveat 1 > > when I had the Dell problem I was operating Ubuntu that I installed > > via wubi > > it used to give me the irits on a few things until I ditched the > > Wubi type install > > > But even non wubi the dell played up on a dell machine something > > horrible under 8.10 > > the second url solved that problem and at last could see google earth > > properly > > > Caveat 2 > > > I am only VERY new to Linux so I sort of muck about with little > > knowledge to fix problems > > others may have easier ways . > > Cheers P > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.comhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
