I have an 8800GTS and its working fine, I just had to click on the hardware configuration whatsit and it downloaded the drivers. Will it let you use the desktop effects?
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I have an 8800GTS and its working fine, I just had to click on the hardware configuration whatsit and it downloaded the drivers. Will it let you use the desktop effects?
I'll have a play with said whatsit when I get home :)
Everyone on new installs here? I've been with Ubuntu since Feisty Fawn and have just upgraded with the two new releases. Unfortunately somewhere along the line my hdparm stuff got screwed so my HDs don't run with DMA or any whizzbang features enabled. I was hoping there would be an easy way to sort this with Hardy Heron but naaaahhh... Unless I'm missed something? (looks around hopeful for some help!)
mine is an upgrade form Gutsy
Clean install for me, sorry :(
Just since gutsy for me (7.10) about... 3 or 4 months ago. Its a fresh install on my desktop rig though. Been using 7.10 on a laptop.
desktop effects wont enable for me
Have you enabled the proprietary drivers in Administration/ Hardware Drivers?
Downloaded i386 and x86 versions last night with the aim of installing one of them on the Linux PC I am forever planning on making out of some spare parts and new bits where I need stuff.
Will probably try Ubuntu out on my main PC before though thanks to the Windows preview bit. :D
1) do NOT ever use anything from nvidia.com, it WILL break your 3d support (and 8.04 includes the latest stable driver already)
2) desktop effects cannot be enabled if you use a driver known to cause crashes
I was at my brothers and installed it through Wubi (love that) just as a test, for fun, and as an introduction to Ubuntu (he doesnt even know yet, hence the ability to uninstall quickly :)).
He has a 754-Athlon64 (2.3 GHz), an Asus nforce4 mobo, 1.5GB RAM, Geforce 6800 AGP 128MB, and a fast Samsung HD. Uses a 1440 x 900 res monitor.
It all installed and worked like a dream, went straight to the hardware and added the nvidia driver, downloaded the mp3/divx codecs, and all was great.
Love the effects, it seems that they are used to the benefit of the system and user rather than just for cheap effects because you can (i remember when 3d desktop effects were first coming out and lots of things were just "kewl" but useless).
It's also really quick and responsive - am very impressed. It makes my dual core A64 WinXP look like a dog.
I put songbird on it (currently 0.5) which is also coming on in leaps and bounds - it's a shame that it's not available via the normal repository / download way (whatever that is called) but for Linux i found surprisingly easy to install (maybe i'm just getting familiar with it:)). I know amarok is good, but i'm just too familiar with itunes and songbird sits nicely with me.
And as i can play loads of my fave games via Wine (had success so far with Guild Wars, ST:BOTF and Footie Manager) we're maybe now, finally, going from a dual boot system to a 'Ubuntu meets my needs' system.
Nice.
BTW, when i upgraded in the past from version to version (via beta's too) i seemed to have problems with repositories and things never worked as well - maybe back luck on my part?
I also still avoid the 64bit versions - the geek in me loves the idea that i can use it, but you just come up against annoyances (does flash work yet??). Anyone else found any 64-bit benefit??
Wierd - wanted to edit my post a bit for speeliing mistakes, but am on my mums Vista 32bit machine with firefox, and can't edit.... i am signed in but no thread tools whatsoever. V odd.
Can't say I'm having much luck installing this. After I choose install from the initial menu, it just loads up this busybox command line, and then just spits out error messages.
Now trying in the alternate install CD, although it's not obvious to me what is so goddamn alternate about it.
I have to confess, I was expecting a better experience than this. Maybe my hardware is a bit too new :(
Although saying that, other people on this forum (Zadock?) have an almost identical system to me, and they've managed.
Meh.