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[Felix Miata]

Bill Vance composed on 2014-11-11 01:26 (UTC-0800):

> While there were a lot of lines in the log file, not a single
> one had, "dpi", in it.  If you want, I can send you the output.

Did you grep for it, or just eye scan? It should have appeared at least once
if not more. For some drivers it's in CAPS.

Sharing would likely bear fruit only if you plan to try 14.04 again.

> I don't understand a fraction of what you mentioned above, but
> one thing kinda puts the kibosh on some of it, is that this is
> about the video, while this, and everything else in 14.04 system
> settings doesn't work.  __EVERYTHING__

What may have happened with 14.04 was some kind of defect in packages
installation WRT the X server and/or KDE to keep the correct driver from
functioning properly and/or system settings not fully functional. Updates
might have fixed it, or another installation might have avoided what
happened. Still, due to its age, that hardware combination probably hasn't
gotten much testing as new releases have evolved.

> Looks like it's new motherboard time.  **Again**

What do you mean by "again"? The one you have was probably made 12 or more
years ago. Regardless of age, its onboard S3 video is reason enough to switch
to something better. Anything newer and from Intel, AMD or NVidia should be
several orders of magnitude better.
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