On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 14:05 +0000, Andrew Oakley wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: > > 2008/12/16 Andrew Oakley <and...@aoakley.com>: > > > This sounds like a broken xorg.conf file. Try running without an > > > xorg.conf file. Hardy and Intrepid should manage without one, and/or > > > automatically generate a new one for you. Then use the restricted > > > drivers utility System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers (NOT > > > ENVY!!!) to install drivers if required. > > You know envy is in the repo these days, and the author is not only a > > MOTU but is Featured Contributor on the hall of fame? > > I don't doubt that envy is ideal for getting the most out of hardware, > but if you're starting from a situation where the desktop just plain > Does Not Work, it'd be better not to complicate things. Start from a > blank page (no xorg.conf) and work up. Once you've got the basics > working, and the restricted drivers, and compiz, then you can start > worrying about which driver gives good 4xAA performance or whatnot. I've > found envy to work great provided I install envy drivers on top of an > already working system. Conversely, I've found envy to complicate > matters unnecessarily when applied to a non-working system. > > -- > Andrew Oakley > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Higher Education Statistics Agency Ltd (HESA) is a company limited by > guarantee, registered in England at 95 Promenade Cheltenham GL50 1HZ. > Registered No. 2766993. The members are Universities UK and GuildHE. > Registered Charity No. 1039709. Certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 27001. > > HESA Services Ltd (HSL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of HESA, > registered in England at the same address. Registered No. 3109219. > _____________________________________________________________________ > > This outgoing email was virus scanned for HESA by MessageLabs. > _____________________________________________________________________ >
cheers everyone so far :D I have aactually already tried the normal jockey, which was fine, I just tried envy as an alternative option - the only difference was they recommended different releases of the driver. But I think I might have partly discovered the issue, which is completely different :S. When I set up my pc, I only set aside 15gb for the main (not /home) partition. ...That's full. *embarrassed* hehe damn. I discovered that after looking in the xorg.conf and running the reconfigure command, which threw 'Device full' at me. I checked, and so it was. So it would possibly appear that even if I did try to update, I can't :/. Is it possible to safely resize the partitions? Thanks xD =============================== Farran Lee I'm only 16 :-P
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