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[ILUG] Re: X on dell vostro 1000

[ILUG] Re: X on dell vostro 1000

A. Belli belli at iww.uni-hannover.de
Fri Apr 11 08:27:45 IST 2008


Easiest  think to do ist try ENVY:
http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.

It uses proprietary drivers though. Greetings.

Conor Daly schrieb:
> So, I got my new Dell Vostro 1000 laptop (EUR480) with 2GHz, 1Gb, 80Gb.  I
> videoed the refusal of the MS XP EULA with the intention of returning the
> software for a refund.  Then I installed a quick RHEL5 'cos I had a disk
> handy.  Couldn't get X going.  Downloaded a Ubuntu live CD (7.1 I think)
> and booted from that.  X starts but I get a screen that looks like
> interlaced and out of sync.
> 
> It has a Radeon RS482 Xpress 200 card with a 15" widescreen LCD.  ubuntu
> is using the radeon driver.  I haven't tried the ATI driver and would
> prefer to use the free one if poss.  Anyone had any luck with this card?
> 
> I'll grab logs and stuff in a bit.
> 
> Conor
> 




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