Ubuntu Intrepid

[Andy Boersma]

Screen quality resolution etc., all is correct.

Just missing out on some of the hardware acceleration.

When they update the nVidia drivers I'll try again, but for now the 
basic drivers do very well.
The present 377 drivers are not working.

Andy

Andrew Mathenge wrote:
> Without the proprietary drivers you're missing out on the eye-candy.
>
> Is your screen resolution good? Does the screen display look decent?
>
> Andrew.
>
> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Andy Boersma <andy at boersma.ca> wrote:
>   
>> Hi Andrew
>>
>> Working fine, actually I'd say faster, but like you. I do have an nVidia
>> driver problem.
>> I just run for now without the "proprietary" drivers.
>>
>> Other then that I have no complaints.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>
>> Andrew Mathenge wrote:
>>     
>>> I upgraded from Hardy to Intrepid over the weekend and I'm going
>>> back to Hardy. For one thing, the nVidia drivers in Intrepid are not
>>> stable. I keep loosing my title bars and video playback is choppy.
>>>
>>> There are some minor cosmetic changes to the menu which aren't
>>> that appealing.
>>>
>>> My Hardy system was very stable except for Firefox which would
>>> crash and disappear without warning from time to time. I also had
>>> problems with Synaptic which solved themselves over time.
>>>
>>> Perhaps the problems that I'm having with Intrepid will eventually
>>> go away, but since Hardy is a long term support release I think
>>> I can wait a few more months before trying this again.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know if there's a way to backup customisations that
>>> I've made to various parts of my system or will I have to manually
>>> re-do them? For example, I've added applications to the panel along
>>> the top of my GNOME screen and customised the way they
>>> launch.
>>>
>>> My system is a Dell Latitude D620.
>>>
>>> I'd be curious to hear about other's upgrade experience.
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>>> Andrew.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
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