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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><small>IMHO, that
should be the standard practice for open source minded people (and in
general - non-commercial mindset people), even if not zealously
practiced.</small></p>
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style="font-size: 13px;">Boaz.</span><br>
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Steve Litt wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On Friday 04 September 2009 02:19:23 Boaz Rymland wrote:
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<pre wrap="">*Maker + Model:* Acer 5738ZG. That's a little upgraded in comparison to
the original model suggested - with 4GB RAM and NVIDIA GPU. The rest of
the specs are the same.
*Distro Installed: *Ubuntu 9.04, amd64.*
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<pre wrap="">*X: *This laptop model is equipped with NVIDIA G105M chipset. I didn't
work out of the box: ubuntu installed its latest nvidia drivers but
those were too old to know this card. When vesa or some other default
driver was used, X run, but not in optimal resolution and no
acceleration. I battled it too much apparently and all you need to do is
install the latest drivers from nvidia (185), skipping the ubuntu repos
driver, and use a nice(?) xorg.conf I've found on the web (for laptops
with my GPU/screen specs).
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<pre wrap="">*Anything else? *mail me for questions... .
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I'd like to see you post exactly what you did in order to get X running. Where
did you get the drivers? Where in your filesystem did you put them? How did you
tell Ubuntu's package manager they were custom? Did you alter System-
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<pre wrap="">Administration->software_sources? What's the URL of the xorg.conf?
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The process you used is a somewhat generic solution to the ongoing problem of
video hardware that's newer than the distribution.
I REALLY appreciate the fact that you took the time to post your [SOLVED]
solution. When googling for error messages, I typically get 50 questions for
every answer. Most people, upon answering it for themselves, don't consider
others trying to walk the same path.
Thanks
SteveT
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