Nvidia driver problem

[Ric Moore]

On 09/24/2011 09:52 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 24 September 2011 23:10, Jon Anderson<jbander at izoom.net>  wrote:
>>
>> Thank you very much, so even though I'm in classic(i Think ) and using a
>> different desktop it still is 11.04 (thats what it says), good to know. I
>> think it must be unity desktop
>> that is causing the freezing problem.  I have to check out one thing and
>> that is to go into just ubuntu 11.04 and then go into classic and see what
>> happens. INow when I boot I  goto the first
>> Page that comes up and I check to use the lower video option.
>
> You're welcome.
>
> By the way, did you see my&  someone else's comments in your /other/
> thread about a few basic troubleshooting steps to test your system for
> stability problems? I'd /really/ recommend that you do them.
>
> As for the helpful advice to check for lines in your
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf file - they are made with the best of intentions
> but sadly they no longer apply, as recent releases of Ubuntu run
> without an xorg.conf file at all.

That is correct UNTIL you install proprietary drivers. And they won't 
run ~correctly~ without an xorg.conf file. If you want to go plain Jane 
vanilla non-accelerated SVGA then forgo the xorg.conf file bother.

My intentions were to get him to do something easy first, before digging 
around in his bios. Ric

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