[olug] Ubuntu 8.10 RC X.Org Resolution problems

[Amy Mason]

TJ,

I have let it auto update, but haven't intentionally done a lot with it yet.
It also had a run in with attempts to install video drivers, so I spent most
of last night purging that stuff and getting NV back in action.  Its an old
box, so its not like I expect great graphics, but it would be great if the
video didn't do awful stuff every time I try to load it.  So, I will see
what I can do, but probably not tonight, I sort of stayed up till... oh 4
fiddling with it last night, and am now, just a touch tired.

Amy

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 8:17 AM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com>wrote:

> I would check out "top" and see what processes are dragging down your
> system.
>
> Also, have you updated to the latest packages, or are you running what
> came with the install DVD?
>
> -- T. J.
>
> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Amy Mason <amason80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > TJ. I shall, I appreciate the thought, and assistance already provided.
>  I
> > will see what I can do to make this puppy walk instead of crawl.. It's
> > having a hard time just keeping up with my keyboarding in Firefox, and
> took
> > about 20 seconds to allow me to enter my user name and password on gmail
> > even though the page had been loaded for quite a while.  Go figure huh?
> > Anyway, I should be doing homework, so off I go for now, but thanks
> again.
> >
> > Amy
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 8:36 PM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> I'm sorry it is sluggish for you.  You can go into Yast and disable a
> >> few things like the Firewall and AppArmor if you're not too worried
> >> about security.  When I wipe people's Windows boxes I generally find
> >> openSUSE to be faster than XP.
> >>
> >> If you have any openSUSE specific questions, just let me known.  It's
> >> my distro du jour.
> >>
> >> -- T. J.
> >>
> >> On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Amy Mason <amason80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > * *I tried the Nvidia beta drivers, but I just got fed up. I was
> finally
> >> > able to get 1024x768 resolution, (My native is 1440x900).  If it had
> >> worked
> >> > I would have been happy, but it was unstable and would cause x to
> restart
> >> > about every 20 minutes.  There were a lot of problems with strange
> >> artifacts
> >> > on the screen or missing text that would show after I moused over an
> >> area.
> >> > In the end, I maybe could have fixed some of it, but it just wasn't
> worth
> >> > that much hassle.  I am trying OpenSUSE, which is beautiful, but so
> far
> >> > very, very sluggish, so we will see what there is to see. Wish me luck
> as
> >> I
> >> > continue to blunder blindly into this little Linux experiment.  I am
> >> going
> >> > to try to use it more and more for daily use, but, most of my data is
> on
> >> the
> >> > windows box for now. (bigger HDD)
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