Hardware Issues and 11.04 Beta

[Shaun Jones]

On Apr 16, 2011 8:06 AM, "Mark C. Miller" <mmiller at eyore15.net> wrote:
>
> I wanted to get a look at Unity, so I upgraded a 10.10 machine to 11.04
Beta.  It's an older IBM Thinkcenter P4 HT.  When the upgrade completed I
received an error message that my hardware would not support unity.  I
presume it's a graphic card issue.  I'm not smart enough to figure out how
to get the nomenclature for the graphics card in the Thinkcenter.
>
> Is this just a beta issue or should I expect that I'm not going to be able
to upgrade my machines anymore.
>
> I've only been with Ubuntu since 8.04, but every new version has installed
easily and run perfectly.  I'd hate to think that won't be the case anymore.
>
> Has anyone else had this experience?  Is there a work-around short of
buying new graphic cards and/or new machines?  Is this a known bug and being
worked on for the final release?  Any comment/help will be greatly
appreciated.
>
> mark c. miller
>

you could install xfce this will give you a more traditional desktop. After
its installed just select it from the login menu.

Mister.Jones
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