Should I buy a new graphics card or a new computer?

[Thomas Kaiser]

NoOp wrote:
> On 04/28/2009 11:45 AM, Thomas Kaiser wrote:
> 
>> Looks like I got little progress.
>> I stay with nvidia-glx-180 and I get this "low-graphics-mode" box. When 
>> I press OK for using the "low-graphics-mode only for this session", both 
>> monitors a running in (I guess) 640x480 (with the same picture in each 
>> screen).
>>
>> Now, I just disconnected the monitor which was connected to the DVI port 
>> (VGA monitor with DVI-VGA adapter), rebooted.
>>
>> I still get the "low-graphics-mode" box but now the monitor is running 
>> in its native resolution (1280x1024).... Looks like progress ;-)
>>
>> I tried to lunch the display configuration tool and it tells me that I 
>> have to use the nvidia tool. A "exiting" click on this button wasn't 
>> that exiting :-( The nvidia tool displayed that I don't use a nvidia 
>> driver. Looks somehow strange...
>>
>> The native tool tells me to use the nvidia tool and the nvidia tool 
>> tells me I don't use a nvidia driver.
>>
>> Chicken Eg problem?
>>
>> At least, I have one monitor back in its native resolution.
> 
> $ sudo apt-get update
> $ sudo apt-get upgrade
> 
> Now try System|Administration|Hardware Drivers again and see if it picks
> up the card with a suggested driver.
> 
> 
> 
> 

Hello NoOp

Thanks for this hint.

But I did this already several times.

After the first monitor was running in its native resolution, I run this 
two commands from the first tty (CTRL-ALT-F1) and didn't get any updates :-(

Then, back to X (CTRL-ALT-F7) and the "Hardware Drivers" Wizard/Tool 
can't still see any proprietary drivers :-(

Maybe I messed up everything with uninstalling all the nvidia stuff and 
then reinstalling again?

......Looks like the sun is down now and I have to get some sleep.

Maybe tomorrow, it looks different......

Thomas