8.10 problems, resolved

[Karl F. Larsen]

Shannon McMackin wrote:
> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
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>> Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
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>>> "Karl F. Larsen" <klarsen1 at gmail.com>  said:
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>>>> 2. There is no "display-config-gtk" on either Ubuntu's.
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>>> I just looked it up; it is, "displayconfig-gtk."
>>> I'm quite sure that it is what Ray meant.
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>>> Cybe R. Wizard
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>>     Well gang I am now on 8.10 with the proper driver for this nvidia 
>> video hardware series 6300 which is the "83" series software. I tried 
>> the "173" and "177" first and they just put a band of light across the 
>> top of the screen.
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>>     None of the cute things you all had me try were needed. I used the 
>> System-Administration-Hardware-Drivers software. It didn't work very 
>> well the first few times but on the last try it worked fine.
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>>     Now the screen is a giant 1280x1024 on a 17 inch flat liquid crystal 
>> monitor 7 years old and still as good as new.
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>>     Thanks to you all for your help. I have no idea why it was so hard 
>> to do but it appears you need to have the 331 updates before you try to 
>> get the nvidia softwar drivers. And that did not work real well at first.
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> Karl,
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> You posted earlier that a kernel update broke your wireless.  I'd like 
> to point out that there are a few critical packages for each kernel 
> release.  When you get a new linux-image update, make sure to also apply 
> the update to linux-backports-modules and linux-restricted-modules.  If 
> you use the meta package for these items, it should automatically pull 
> in the new package when an update is available.
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    I'm sorry, the problem is with 8.10 on my laptop which must have 
WiFi. I got it working fine and after some updates it stopped working. I 
experimented and discovered the WiFi comes back if I use the earlier 
kernel. This was no problem because the sound stayed good and had WiFi.

Karl


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