Ubuntu video slow

[George]

I have an nvidia geforce fx 5200.

On 11/28/05, Daniel Sutil <daniel.sutil at gmail.com> wrote:
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>  Hello,
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> ¿what graphic card do you have?
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> 2005/11/28, George <pinkisntwell at gmail.com>:
> > I installed Ubuntu two days ago and I'm very satisfied. I hadn't
> > worked with linux before so I'm learning my way around.
> >
> > I've managed to install mostly everything I need to keep me from
> using
> > windows. I've come across some difficulties with video though.
> >
> > Ubuntu did detect and install the nvidia driver but everything I do
> > with gnome seems very slow, opening windows, redrawing them, things
> > like that. I installed zsnes and snes9x to test the video
> > acceleration, both were running slow and couldn't get stable
> > framerate. Compared to windows xp.
> >
> > Also, ubuntu won't let me set a resolution over 1024*768. That's the
> > resolution I was using in windows but in gnome everything looks much
> > bigger so I have trouble working like this on my desktop.
> >
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>
> - --
> Un saludo,
>
> Daniel Sutil
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