[olug] Ubuntu 8.10 RC X.Org Resolution problems

[woodsjay at cox.net]

Thanks for jogging my elbow again. I have an Nvidia in a newish system that chokes on Fedora 8 or 10 or Mandriva One. I tried to locate the download point for openSUSE 11 once before. Now I know it is: http://software.opensuse.org/.

---- "T. J. Brumfield" <enderandrew at gmail.com> wrote: 
> I just did an install two weeks ago with openSUSE 11 for someone with
> a legacy Nvidia card an an Athlon XP.  It worked great.  It isn't
> Debian based, but I tend to contend that openSUSE has the best
> packages out there because of all the Novell programmers out there
> writing patches, back-porting features, etc.  It is extremely
> newbie-friendly, and Yast is a great tool.  They have a solid Gnome
> desktop (though I'm all about KDE).  You can also try using the Gnome
> accessibility tools within KDE if you so desired.
> 
> -- T. J.
> 
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:37 AM, Amy Mason <amason80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Jeff,
> >
> > No biggie.  Actually haven't had any better luck in 8.04, which is pretty
> > much why I figured I might as well upgrade now.  Maybe I need to look at a
> > new distro... I just sort of understand ubuntu, and so yeah, maybe we will
> > just spin up 8.04 again. who knows, I can try all this nonsense there
> > instead.
> >
> > Amy
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T
> > <jeffh at dundeemt.com>wrote:
> >
> >> I think you are currently up against a wall.
> >> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=948067
> >>
> >> There seems to be a general consensus to stick with 8.04 until there is
> >> support for those legacy cards in 8.10.  I'm sure that is not what you want
> >> to hear.  However, it might save you some frustration.
> >>
> >> Sorry I suggested envy before I googled.
> >>
> >> -Jeff
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Amy Mason <amason80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > So, uninstall of envyng + repair of x later, I am back where I started.
> >>  I
> >> > read the release notes and since I have to use legacy drivers, no NVIDIA
> >> > drivers for me. they are not supported in the version of X that comes
> >> with
> >> > Ubuntu 8.10  xorg.conf looks funny, so let me drop that in your laps and
> >> > see
> >> > what everyone thinks.  I am so sorry to be such a pain, I just am trying
> >> to
> >> > learn, and its a slow slow process.
> >> >
> >> > # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
> >> > #
> >> > # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool,
> >> > using
> >> > # values from the debconf database.
> >> > #
> >> > # Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
> >> > # (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
> >> > #
> >> > # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades
> >> > *only*
> >> > # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
> >> > # package.
> >> > #
> >> > # Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
> >> > # in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and
> >> settings
> >> > # here are ignored.
> >> > #
> >> > # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically
> >> > updated
> >> > # again, run the following command:
> >> > #   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
> >> >
> >> > Section "Device"
> >> >    Identifier    "Configured Video Device"
> >> > EndSection
> >> >
> >> > Section "Monitor"
> >> >    Identifier    "Configured Monitor"
> >> > EndSection
> >> >
> >> > Section "Screen"
> >> >    Identifier    "Default Screen"
> >> >    Monitor        "Configured Monitor"
> >> >    Device        "Configured Video Device"
> >> > EndSection
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