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[Faun]

how come only ubuntu feels the heat yaar ... osx; xp & vista wrking fine btw didnt try the login screen wala thing but i tried to launch the terminal using ctrl+alt+f1 - didnt wrk

try out from Ctrl+Alt+F1 to F6

Ctrl+Atl+F7 is the graphical one

It seems to be an issue with ur graphics driver, pobably today i will be gettin my HDD and will install gutsy and xp afresh. Will be of some help then

 

[iMav]

this is what i have wen nvidia is disabled in restricted device manager

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
	Driver		"nv"
	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
	Option		"DPMS"
	HorizSync	30-70
	VertRefresh	50-160
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"
	DefaultDepth	24
EndSection

i have re-enabled now and will reboot i have installed nvidia-settings but could u tell me how do i get into them and and change any settings if required

i re-enabled it and rebooted now again something very funny is happening - its running in low gfx mode only 800x600 & 640x480 im already loving ubuntu

 

[praka123]

press alt+f2 to get run dialog box.inside type "nvidia-settings" without quotes.use nvidia drivers for 3D.while "nv" driver u use is open source 2D driver.

as with hanging of X and mouse working,i can think only of kernel issue regarding ram.my suggestion if ur on a intel-pc(x86) install from synaptic linux-image-2.6.22-xx-386 or ur on amd64 pc,install the amd version of kernel.most prolly ur using linux-image-generic.it should work well.you can open a terminal(applications>Accsries>terminal) and run "sudo depmod -ae" once
BTW,how much RAM do u have?does ubuntu detects ur total RAM?open terminal and run "free -m" and post the o/p here.

 

[iMav]

manan@manan-desktop:~$ free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 502 425 77 0 11 232
-/+ buffers/cache: 181 321
Swap: 1027 0 1027

i have 512 ddr so isthe hanging because of ram .... and yeah running nvidia-settings gies me nothing just 5 checkboxes

ok 1 more thing synaptic shows quite a huge list wen i search for nvidia but most of them are empty boxes or green only a few star marked

nvidia-glx and nvidia-glx-dev and also nvidia-glx-new are not installed and if i mark them for installation they say additional steps required: un-install nvidia settings

i just chked my screen & gfx section and it shows it is using vesa drviers and if i select nvidia fx series i the whole screen becomes like ur tv when no channel is coming

 

[gxsaurav]

SO much work to get a graphics card & monitor working, gosh...

 

[iMav]

it looks like what ever problems im facing are courtesy my gfx card drivers ....

 

[Faun]

it looks like what ever problems im facing are courtesy my gfx card drivers ....

I had similar issue with my Geforce 6600 256MB AGP, damn screen was always garbled except for few instances.

Removed the external gfx card and viola it started at normal resolution

But now am on GMA X3000, no worries by default am getting normal resolution as 1280x1024 at 60Hz.

Guess Praka, Mehul and Infra will help u find a way out, and do put up ur question in ubuntuforums(search there first).

Are you moeknows in ubuntuforum ?

*ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=80314

*ubuntu-utah.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=606072

*bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/129910

 

[gxsaurav]

My advice to manan, reset everything releated to graphics back to installation or LiveCD default of Ubuntu & restart. I hope there is something like system restore or safe mode in Linux

 

[Faun]

looks like envy's script will solve ur problem:

*www.uluga.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2692395

 

[iMav]

Are you moeknows in ubuntuforum ?

no but thanks for vindicating me btw the envy script did not work i hav re-installed ubuntu and will try again

Finally i got the bloody thing to work ok now compiz fusion lets see what u can do

 

[bikdel]

congrats... +1 for your dedication despite being proved a fanboy... lolz.

no offenses here
get along and post some screenshots....

 

[iMav]

guys any idea on how do i turn off show file extensions ....

 

[praka123]

in Gnome menu System>preferncs>File management
Nautilus is the name of file manager in Gnome,while in Kde it is Konqueror,kruzader or dolphin.

 

[iMav]

already searched there no such option

 

[Faun]

already searched there no such option

there is no option of hiding extensions in gnome, its just a windows thingy.

linux recognizes file by their descriptor.

 

[QwertyManiac]

Linux has no need of extensions really. Hiding extensions is the WORST thing Windows does. On Linux, you see them cause they are just a part of file name and don't mean anything more than that.

99% of the time the OS always knows what file is to be opened with what. So you can get rid of all extensions just by renaming them out and they'd still work just as fine as before.

Kinda similar to OSX as well I guess.

 

[Faun]

You may find these links to jazz up ur desktop:
*ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=203093
*ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=24415

And for compiz-fusion
1) its already installed in gutsy by default
2) just install compiz-fusion manager by copy/pasting these lines in terminal

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
3) then follow this page(remember the 2nd page, not first one)

*www.howtoforge.com/compiz-fusion-ubuntu-gutsy-gibbon-ati-mobility-radeon-9200-p2

 

[The_Devil_Himself]

congrats iMav.Now enjoy your ubuntu install with compiz fusion.Do try out the 3d cube and other plugins.

 

[praka123]

now @imav rename ur Ubuntu install to Windows in Grub,I'd like to see whether u convert or not!

 

[iMav]

^^ wont make a difference coz as it is im launching grub via vista's boot loader

@t159: thanx a lot man for the links and ur help

@QWERTY: im just in a good mood right now so i wont reply