Alan C, it was preinstalled by Dell, probably OEM so I doubt that they used the safe graphics mode. My sister has the same issue regarding Penguin Racer. I too have disabled Compiz on her laptop which is an Acer (do not the model) btw. An old one at least 2yrs+. The only way for me too was a hard reboot, not even Ctrl Alt Backspace would get a response. I hope that you get your answer soon though David so I can pass it on ;)
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 10:57 PM, alan c <aecl...@candt.waitrose.com> wrote: > David King wrote: > > My girlfriend is running Ubuntu 8.04 on her Dell Inspiron 1525 > > (preinstalled), but had a few graphics issues recently. > > I was playing a game (Penguin Planet Racer) full screen and it crashed > > the laptop, could not get out of it other than a hard reboot. > > I disabled some of the Compiz effects, in case that was overloading the > > graphics chip, which I think is an Intel chip. > > > > Today she said she booted it as normal, and then when she logged in, > > there were various small lines on the screen that were never there > before. > > > > Is this likely to be a software issue or a hardware problem? > > Not sure, but if you try a live CD maybe 8.04.1 (?) or even 8.10, it > may show that the hardware works ok, maybe choose live CD safe > graphics option? > > good luck > > -- > alan cocks > Ubuntu user #10391 > Linux user #360648 > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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