[ubuntu-za] Please help

[Jan Greeff]

Thanks Wes, I reverted to Ubuntu 12.04, then had to do boot repair 
(Miles put me on track here) so the problem is sorted for now, but seems 
like not for newbies installing 14.04 in laptops.

Kind regards,

Jan


On 09/01/2015 06:27, Wesley Werner wrote:
> Hi Jan,
>
> Miles is onto something there... which graphics card is it Jan? (make 
> + model please). we can search the net for solutions that other people 
> has found.
>
> Unfortunately the graphics cards vre the sore point for many Linux 
> people.
>
> Wes
>
> On 8 January 2015 21:13:56 SAST, Jan Greeff <jan at verslank.net> wrote:
>
>     Many thanks Miles.
>
>     I just have to get this guy's machine going, so am installing 12.04.
>     Will see how things are in a few minutes but am very seriously
>     considering Mint as my next step. This bug has been around for more than
>     six months...under control of ANC or ESKOM?
>
>     Best wishes,
>
>     Jan
>
>
>     On 08/01/2015 21:07, Miles wrote:
>
>         Sjoe! Ive had this but not sure what I did to fix it Jan. I
>         think I did ctrl+alt+F3 then login in the cli. then do sudo
>         apt-get update and upgrade. Then if you know what nvidia
>         driver is need install that, or install nvidia-current. then
>         you should at least see resolution settings. If it boots to
>         the cli , login and do sudo apt-get install gdm. then it will
>         ask what gui you want to use, choose gdm and see how far you
>         get. if you still battling come to irc freenode #ubuntu-za
>         there are some clever peeps there good luck. Miles On Thu,
>         2015-01-08 at 17:57 +0200, Jan Greeff wrote:
>
>             Best of 2015 to all. I'm very embarrassed! "Helped" a
>             friend to convert to Ubuntu 14.04 on his Proline laptop,
>             now he has this ridiculously large display twice the size
>             of his screen and no way to change the resolution/display.
>             The computer is largely unuseable! I have followed these
>             instructions to install mesa-utils, no change:
>             http://askubuntu.com/questions/85318/how-can-i-get-my-graphics-card-to-be-recognized-in-system-info
>             Can somebody please help? Best of 2015 to all. Jan
>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
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