I am definitely going to try that, thank you. However, what I find weird is that the newest proprietary nvidia drivers claim to support this model (8600m GS) on Linux. I hope these nv drivers work well.. Thanks for your attention. Kind regards, Rafael On 8/8/07, Michael Walma <michael [ at ] walma [ dot ] org> wrote: > Quoting Rafael Roquetto <rafaelroquetto [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com>: > > > 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 > > > > Hello, > > This Ubuntu bugreport seems to be relevant: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/feisty-backports/+bug/121163 > > Note that at the bottom of the thread, there are links to some updated > test .debs for the nv driver which might solve your problem. > > Michael > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >