Problems getting GLX running

Joep L. Blom jlblom at neuroweave.nl
Sun Jun 17 07:20:22 UTC 2012


On 16-06-12 01:18, Barry Premeaux wrote:
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>  >Barry, can you update easily? There's been many improvements made
> since 10.4, so that would be my best >advice. Otherwise, there is an
> admin tool to configure AMD video chip sets, I wrote about this once
> before >and I forget the name of the app. But, it is in the recent
> version of Ubuntu repos. Just go to your AMD >chipset web site and you
> should see the application there, plus the Linux version. Then, do a
> synaptic >search to see if it's available for 10.4 and use that instead
> of a roll-your-own version. Ric
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> I'll probably just move the desktop to 12.4.  I'm still trying to get
> use to Unity on my laptop, and have been keeping 10.4, and gnome, on the
> desktop because it's familiar territory.  For now, it is nice to have
> GLX working again.  Wish I knew exactly what I did to kill it so that I
> could avoid doing that again.
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> Barry
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Barry,
My advice: Install Xubuntu 12.04.You have a familiar Desktop and the 
normal ubuntu software under-the-hood.
Joep





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