<div>Hi there Dianne,</div> <div> </div> <div>Does your computer have an integrated graphics port that you can use in the meantime?</div> <div>If that works alright (without desktop effects) then that could be a good short term solution.</div> <div> </div> <div>As Simon has mentioned an nVidia 6xxx graphics card can be obtained quite cheaply nowadays.<br><br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Simon Wears <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:munkyjunky@googlemail.com" target="_blank">munkyjunky@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I run an Nvidia 6600LE which runs perfect on 8.10. I think you can<br>pick those up pretty cheap now too.<br> <font color="#888888"><br>Simon Wears<br>MunkyJunky@Gmail.com | <a href="http://munkyjunky/" target="_blank">http://MunkyJunky</a>@Gmail.com<br>MunkyJunky on <a href="http://irc.freenode.net/" target="_blank">irc.freenode.net</a><br> </font> <div> <div></div> <div><br>On 19 Feb 2009, at 10:06, Dianne Reuby <<a href="mailto:pramclub@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">pramclub@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br><br>> I'm running 8.10, and my graphics card is an Nvidia GeForce4 MX440,<br> > old<br>> but OK for my needs. I've also been given a Relisys Teo Teco TL766<br>> flat<br>> screen monitor to replace my old CRT.<br>><br>> Up until 8.10 I had full special effects using Compiz. But since 8.10<br> > the driver that Nvidia finally released is just a pain.<br>><br>> If I have special effects enabled, I don't have any status bars,<br>> min/max/close buttons. Even with effects disabled, I can only have<br> > 1024x768. I can change that to  a higher res, but I lose the settings<br>> when I reboot, even after saving the X.org config. Evolution layout<br>> changes every time I reboot. The icons on my panel change position<br> > every<br>> time I reboot. Word processing files don't display properly if they<br>> have<br>> a lot of formatting - I have to scroll off the screen and back to<br>> display them. There are bits of dialogue and menu boxes left showing<br> > after they're closed. All trivial I know, but it is irritating.<br>><br>> My main PC use is internet, email, word processing, some very basic<br>> photo/graphics editing. So I don't really need a fancy card for games.<br> ><br>> But I'm really thinking about getting a new card, and I've been<br>> looking<br>> up the various Ubuntu hardware sites. I don't want to buy a card and<br>> then find that the manufacturer hasn't released a decent driver for<br> > Linux. So can I have any recommendations? Should I stick to Nvidia?<br>> Do I<br>> need to take the monitor into account?<br>><br>> TIA<br>> Dianne<br>><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br>> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a><br> <br>--<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br>