[ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

Adam Bagnall ajb35 at kent.ac.uk
Tue Oct 10 21:41:45 BST 2006


Good good :-) Also the restricted formats page 
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats might be of use for 
setting up codecs and things. Some people might recommend automatix or 
easyUbuntu, which I've admittedly never tried, but I've heard they can 
occasionally break things.

STONE COLD wrote:
> success!
> it seems to have done the trick....its much better than before...theres 
> occassiona choppiness though that still remains! but 90% better than before 
> :)
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>> From: Adam Bagnall <ajb35 at kent.ac.uk>
>> Reply-To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)
>> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:28:52 +0100
>>
>> Replace vesa with via not VIA. Linux is case sensitive. It *should* work
>> but if it doesnt you will have to log in at the terminal, type "sudo
>> nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf", change via back to vesa, press ctrl+o then
>> ctrl+x, then run "sudo shutdown -r now"
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>> STONE COLD wrote:
>>     
>>> So now basically :
>>>
>>> "Section "Device"
>>> 	Identifier	"Generic Video Card"
>>> 	Driver		"vesa"
>>> 	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0""
>>>
>>> i just replace the vesa with VIA and save and close? and reboot?
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>> From: "Matthew Saunders" <me3ohm at gmail.com>
>>>> Reply-To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>> To: "British Ubuntu Talk" <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)
>>>> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:13:31 +0100
>>>>
>>>> To run gedit as a 'super user', traditionally called 'root' on a Linux
>>>> system, just start a terminal and type:
>>>>
>>>> sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>>>
>>>> Then enter your password you log on with.
>>>>
>>>> It is sudo that elevates your rights.  'root' is like the Windows
>>>> Administrator account.  Ubuntu doesn't have a root account, instead
>>>> allows you to use sudo and will accept your password.  Beware though,
>>>> you can harm your Ubuntu installation by using programs under sudo!
>>>>
>>>> Matthew
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10/10/06, STONE COLD <javad_ayaz at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> i presume that means changing the system file?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> From: Baza <baza at themauvezone.fsnet.co.uk>
>>>>>> Reply-To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>>>> To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)
>>>>>> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:55:33 +0100
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 10 Oct 2006, at 20:49, STONE COLD wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> Is this the only way to change it? is there not a simpler way for
>>>>>>> this?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>> F
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>> You could use gedit, tho you'll need to run this as 'root' to write
>>>>>> to etc/X11/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Baza
>>>>>>
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