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Rob Beard wrote: > Terry Hill wrote: >>> Nvidia cards lie about the refresh rate they are using, i seem to >>> recall. >>> >>> I noticed this before i swapped the Nvidia 5200FX in this machine for >>> a ATI Radeon 6800SE: the refresh rate in the Gnome screen res applet >>> was completely different to what the NVidia-settings applet said. >>> >>> Have you trid interrupting the ubuntu install at the grub prompt (hit >>> any key when it says 'Automatic boot in x seconds' and choosing >>> compatibility mode there? It was the only way I could install Mint on >>> my laptop. It then uses the VESA driver and a standard 800x600 res >>> instead of trying to guess what the monitor can handle (NVidias on >>> linux also seem very bad at reading EDID data in my experience) >>> >> >> I mentioned this in my first post at the top - yes I tried many things >> to get the install underway, including compatability mode. >> >> It turns out there seems to be a problem specific to Karmic in >> conjunction with my specific card. >> >> A question springs to mind though: >> >> In the future, as I have to replace parts in my machines, I'd like to >> go for manufacturers that are "pro linux" - eg that support linux by >> providing drivers and tech support for linux systems. Are there any >> manufacturers that satisfy this requirement? I'm talking about >> graphics cards, comms gear, printers, scanners etc - eg where it >> counts. Also, I'm not looking for a list of old hardware that lists >> compatability with this or that version of linux. I'm thinking about >> who the "good guys" are - if indeed - they exist. >> > Well as far as graphics go, I'd say probably Intel are about the best > for out of the box compatibility on newer stuff. ATI have released a > whole load of documentation to the community although as far as I > understand it, the newest cards aren't supported that well at the > moment unless you use the proprietary driver and on some of the older > cards, the proprietary drivers won't work. NVidia on the other hand > don't really do much to help the community, but they do have drivers > for pretty much all their cards going back to the TNT2. > > Bit hit and miss really. Saying that, I have an ATI Radeon X800 which > IIRC is reasonably well supported with FLOSS drivers, although you'd > probably be looking at eBay for a card like that now. > > Rob > > could you try mint or even mandriva, when i had a similar problem i found it worked ok in mandriva. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html