new video card problems
Bill Stanley
bstanle at wowway.com
Tue Sep 11 14:55:31 UTC 2012
< snip >
There isn't a video connector on the back of the motherboard so I assume
that there is not a video chipset on the motherboard.
>> When I boot, the GRUB gives this information.
>>
>> *************************************
>> Ubuntu using Linux 22.6.35-generic pae
>
> Shouldn't this be 2.6.35?
>
>> Windows
>> Ubuntu using Linux 3.2.0.24-generic pae
>> *************************************
>> (There are other entries which are unimportant.)
>>
>> I assume that the numbers refer to the Linux kernel version.
>
> Correct.
>
>> Windows and
>> Linux version 3.2.0.24 are OK. I am not quite sure if the XUbuntu
>> (3.2.0.24) is OK because I rarely use it. Most of my Linux computing is
>> done with Gnome 2 and that is the version I am having problems with.
>
> What version of *Ubuntu* is this?
It is version 10.04. I am keeping it around for legacy reasons.
>> Maybe Canonical is refusing to allow the upgrade of the video card
forcing
>> me to explicitly install the proper drivers or to do an upgrade?
>
> I don't understand what you mean.
>
This really was not meant to be a question. (It was more like thinking
out loud. With the Unity problems, I am starting to lose faith in
Canonical.)
Bill Stanley
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