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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Can't get my video working

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
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> 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
>
>
>