-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jacob Williams wrote: > Hi there Dianne, > > Does your computer have an integrated graphics port that you can use in the > meantime? > If that works alright (without desktop effects) then that could be a good > short term solution. > > As Simon has mentioned an nVidia 6xxx graphics card can be obtained quite > cheaply nowadays. > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Simon Wears <munkyju...@googlemail.com>wrote: > >> I run an Nvidia 6600LE which runs perfect on 8.10. I think you can >> pick those up pretty cheap now too. >> >> Simon Wears >> munkyju...@gmail.com | http://MunkyJunky <http://munkyjunky/>@Gmail.com >> MunkyJunky on irc.freenode.net >> >> On 19 Feb 2009, at 10:06, Dianne Reuby <pramc...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> I'm running 8.10, and my graphics card is an Nvidia GeForce4 MX440, >>> old >>> but OK for my needs. I've also been given a Relisys Teo Teco TL766 >>> flat >>> screen monitor to replace my old CRT. >>> >>> Up until 8.10 I had full special effects using Compiz. But since 8.10 >>> the driver that Nvidia finally released is just a pain. >>> >>> If I have special effects enabled, I don't have any status bars, >>> min/max/close buttons. Even with effects disabled, I can only have >>> 1024x768. I can change that to a higher res, but I lose the settings >>> when I reboot, even after saving the X.org config. Evolution layout >>> changes every time I reboot. The icons on my panel change position >>> every >>> time I reboot. Word processing files don't display properly if they >>> have >>> a lot of formatting - I have to scroll off the screen and back to >>> display them. There are bits of dialogue and menu boxes left showing >>> after they're closed. All trivial I know, but it is irritating. >>> >>> My main PC use is internet, email, word processing, some very basic >>> photo/graphics editing. So I don't really need a fancy card for games. >>> >>> But I'm really thinking about getting a new card, and I've been >>> looking >>> up the various Ubuntu hardware sites. I don't want to buy a card and >>> then find that the manufacturer hasn't released a decent driver for >>> Linux. So can I have any recommendations? Should I stick to Nvidia? >>> Do I >>> need to take the monitor into account? >>> >>> TIA >>> Dianne >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> > I have a geforce 4, I can run compiz but loose the text on the menus in open office, so turning off compiz I have a really nice, and fairly smooth system,
I think i need a new card at somepoint though. Paul - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Support Open and ISO standard file formats ISO 26300 odf http://www.odfalliance.org Next Linux User Group meet : March 7th : 3pm, Shoreline Cafe Paignton -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmdeigACgkQaggq1k2FJq2lcgCeJzddgraW+tvIFllB97u0mzC8 2NEAniniUmxTN4BTC6aN0CFhcs2rct4L =Ix3P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
