[SOLVED?] Re: Feedback on Acer laptop w. Linux

[Boaz Rymland]

IMHO, that should be the standard practice for open source minded people 
(and in general - non-commercial mindset people), even if not zealously 
practiced.


Boaz.


Steve Litt wrote:

> On Friday 04 September 2009 02:19:23 Boaz Rymland wrote:
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>> *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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>> *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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>> *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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>> 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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