Yes I did use the Restricted driver. The default was nv and I changed that to nvidia. I tried using configuration tools as well as editing xorg.conf manually. Maybe it is a defective card. I did use acceleration, but not completely. It was not responsive and it would crash. Bob <div>On 9/25/07, Guillermo Garron <<a href="mailto:guillermo.fedora@gmail.com">guillermo.fedora@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On 9/25/07, Rashkae <<a href="mailto:ubuntu@tigershaunt.com">ubuntu@tigershaunt.com</a>> wrote: > Robert Stockdale IV wrote: > > I have an nVidia 7800GS PCI-e 512 mg of ram and it won't work correctly. > > Beryl crashed repeatedly forcing reboots. Had to disable Beryl to gain a > > somewhat usable workstation. Maybe I'm a moron in setting up the graphics > > card. However, if the nvidia driver is so darn good, why does it not setup > > correctly on this card automatically? I'm frustrated with this card and I > > paid good bucks last spring for it. I had had better performance with a 4x > > agp ATI card before I built this new system. I'm seriously considering going > > back to an ATI card. > > Just my 2 cents. > > Bob > > > > > Umm, did you use the Restricted Devices Manager to install the Nvidia > binary driver? Yes I did that, first I tried with the drivers from the ATI.com site, and also tried with the restricted drives that come with Ubuntu. > > By default, Ubuntu will install the nvidia open source drivers, which > are good to get the card working, but won't handle 3d Those ones, was not even able to handle more that 1024x768, while with the other I was able to switch to 1280x1024 > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com"> ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> > -- Guillermo Garron "Linux IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are." (Using FC6, CentOS4.4 and Ubuntu 6.06) <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/go2linux">http://feeds.feedburner.com/go2linux </a> <a href="http://www.go2linux.org">http://www.go2linux.org</a> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>