--------------------------------- Sudhangathan BS Ph:(+91) 9731-905-205 ---------------------------------
On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Jimmy Sjölund <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 3:24 AM, Sudhangathan B S > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Heyy Studios, >> >> I am planning to buy a Laptop and have already decided to put Ubuntu >> Studio as it is my favorite Distribution since the last 4 to 5 years. I am >> planning to a laptop with extra Graphics card. I have found that (from a >> short survey) AMD/ATI, NVIDIA have lot of driver problems and they just >> won't work, and I have experienced it myself while using other laptops. >> >> I often video/photo edit after my adventures. >> If anybody is successfully using a graphics card with Studio, i.e. with a >> fully working driver and smooth graphics, please let me know the model of >> the graphics card and the laptop(or even desktop) configurations. >> > > Do you mean to connect an external graphic card? > No.. I want to select a good internal graphics card for the laptop which suits Ubuntu-Studio..! > > I run Ubuntu Studio 12.04 64 bit on a Sony Vaio VPCEB1S1E with an "ATI > Mobility Radeon HD 5650 - 1024 MB, Core: 450 MHz, Memory: 790 MHz, > 8.14.10.0708". In earlier US versions had some trouble with shadings before > I installed ATI proprietary drivers, but I haven't seen those issues since > 12.04. > In 12.04 I chose Additional Drivers and "ATI/AMD proprietary graphics > driver", not the experimental beta or post-release but they might function > well, I just haven't tested them as I want as stable environment as > possible. My only reason to use the ATI drivers were to connect my external > monitor through HDMI, which I couldn't get to work properly without > installing the ATI drivers. For some reason I had to start up AMD Catalyst > Control Center every time I booted up before the driver would understand > that the external monitor was connected. Then one day it just stopped and > remember the settings anyway. > I have also tried it out on 12.10 64 bit, worked the same as in 12.04. > Then I installed 13.04 64 bit when it was released and installed the latest > driver from ATI manually. Same issue there, I had to start the AMD control > center every boot to redo my settings for the monitors. > Recently I have found that I might be able to configure the external > monitor within Xfce without involving the ATI drivers, but I haven't > investigated further since, well it already works. I don't do any 3D or > gaming so I have no experience in the behaviour there. > > /Jimmy > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > >
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