On Tue, Jul 19 at 08:18:58, Yorvyk <yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 06:48:09, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berkeley at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> It says 'desktop effects could not be enabled', so it's running in >> low-res. Could this be a side effect of recent upgrades, or is it a >> hardware failure? If the latter, I suppose that means a new graphics >> card. > > I've never seen a graphics card partially fail. So I would suggest > it's a software problem. More information would be useful. What > machine, graphics card, driver, etc. Try booting with an older kernel. > Have a search round launchpad to see if others have had the same > problem. If using a proprietary driver try the open one or try > updating or reinstalling it. > Steve Cook (Yorvyk) The machine is a Lenovo N500 and it's running Lucid 10.04 with all standard online upgrades, including Medibuntu, which I installed a couple of months ago in order to run Google Earth, which I think is the only application I have that actually uses high-res graphics. The graphics driver is not a proprietary one, as far as I know; it is whatever is standard for Lucid 10.04. Tell me what to do to identify it and troubleshoot it, if you can. Thanks. Rowan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
