[GRLUG] 7.04

[Ben Rousch]

My laptop is running at 1440x1200 on ATI mobility video. The Ubuntu
install discovered the resolution and set it up automatically. did the
nvidia-glx-new package fix the resolution problem for you?

On Sun, 2007-04-22 at 14:33 -0400, Topher wrote:
> > Anyone here installed Ubuntu or Kubuntu 7.04?
> >
> > Have any first impressions?
> 
> I did ubuntu last night while NOT sleeping.  Only two real snags, but 
> they're killers.  vpnc 0.4 has a known bug that kills a connection after 
> about 20 seconds, which means I could get to my email long enough to read 
> your question, but couldn't stay on long enough to answer.
> 
> The other is that it can't seem to handle my 1440x900 widescreen.  I've 
> done a LOT to try to make it work.  When using the nv driver, with only 
> 1440x900 listed as an available resolution, I get 1280x800.  I tried 
> installing the nvidia stuff with apt-get, and it worked ONCE.  Then gnome 
> told me I needed to reboot (?!?) and when I did the nvidia drivers won't 
> even start X.
> 
> It says "The NVIDIA kernel module has version 1.0-9755 but the X module 
> has version 1.0-9631".
> 
> I grabbed the binary installer from Nvidia, and ran it, and the build 
> fails.  :(
> 
> So, I have X, but it's ugly, and it appears to be ignoring all the tricks 
> I used to do like hardcoding the resolution.
> 
> Topher
> Manager of Internet Services
> Cornerstone University Radio
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