Hello Rick, Thanks for the tip! I am going to try Knopix to see if it works. I hope it does. Best regards, Rafael On 8/8/07, Rick Cuthill <rick [ at ] metamorfix [ dot ] com> wrote: > Rafael Roquetto wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I purchased a HP Pavillion DV9580us notebook, which comes with an > > nvidia geforce 8600m gs video card. The awful truth is: I can't get it > > working on my ubuntu (actually kubuntu feisty). > > I have tried everything you can imagine: stock drivers, generic > > drivers, nvidia-glx, nvidia-glx-new, envy, and whatsoever, but nothing > > seems to work. > > When I tried envy/nvidia site latest drivers, besides not being up to > > get X running, my console/screen gets stripped in three parts. I cant > > really describe it, but looks like monitor frequency issues. > > > > Has anyone ever undergone such situation? > > > > Thanks a lot, > > Rafael > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux mailing list > > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > > > Rafael, I have found that every time, a video driver is problematic with > a distro, I fall back to Knoppix and the video will usually come up fine > and so then I try the video driver Knoppix used. Probably doesn't work > all the time but it has for me so far. > > -- > > Best Regards, > > Rick Cuthill > > >