Installed 11.04 on new hardware; no unity. What does it take?

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Wed Nov 2 01:04:08 UTC 2011


On 11/01/2011 04:28 PM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 16:04:07 -0700
> "Kevin O'Gorman" <kogorman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I just re-kitted a broken system with a new mainboard and video.  I
>> installed a fresh Natty, expecting it to come up in Unity.  However,
>> it said my system did not support Unity and gave me gnome.  What's up
>> with that?
>> 
>> The mainboard runs 4-core AMD at 3.6 GHz, with 8 GB RAM.
>> Video card has 512MB cache.
>> 
>> What other specifics do I need to know to figure this out?
>> 
> 
> As a new moderator, what you need to do /first/ is figure out how to
> post in this mailing list following the well-laid-out and very available
> rules:
> http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists
> 
> See this part:
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> HTML mail
> 
> Avoid sending emails in HTML format, if possible. Some people may find
> it more difficult to read or reply to these emails. Also, HTML email
> takes up more space, so people with restricted Internet access will be
> happier to receive plain text emails.
> ----------
> 
> Then, after you have learned how to post correctly, maybe more folks
> will  be willing to help.
> Will you really be a good moderator if you don't even try to follow
> the rules, yourself?  I think, "not."
> 
> Cybe R. Wizard

Ummm... I see no html, just:

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> I just re-kitted a broken system with a new mainboard and video.  I
> installed a fresh Natty, expecting it to come up in Unity.  However, it
> said my system did not support Unity and gave me gnome.  What's up with
> that?
> 
> The mainboard runs 4-core AMD at 3.6 GHz, with 8 GB RAM.
> Video card has 512MB cache.
> 
> What other specifics do I need to know to figure this out?
> 
> -- 
> Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
> 
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> I just re-kitted a broken system with a new mainboard and video.=C2=A0 I in=
> stalled a fresh Natty, expecting it to come up in Unity.=C2=A0 However, it =
> said my system did not support Unity and gave me gnome.=C2=A0 What's up=
>  with that?<br>
> 
> <br>The mainboard runs 4-core AMD at 3.6 GHz, with 8 GB RAM.<br>Video card =
> has 512MB cache.<br><br>What other specifics do I need to know to figure th=
> is out?<br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Kevin O'Gorman, PhD<br><br>
> 
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Care to explain why you do?





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