<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi Liam,<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 23 Jan 2023 at 18:28, Liam Proven <<a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com">lproven@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">> I'm not knowledgeable about these things. If you need me to try further things, can you point me to a web page that gives info on how to do that?<br>
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Easy way to try:<br>
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* Download Ventoy, extract it<br>
* Run it, format a USB key with it<br>
* Download the Xubuntu ISO<br>
* Drop the Xubuntu ISO file on the key<br>
* Reboot and try it.<br></blockquote><div>Interestingly enough, I do use Ventoy. and hope to summon the strength to try Xubuntu sometime soon. <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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It may have both. If so, you may get better performance with the AMD<br>
GPU and with only 4GB of RAM you probably want as much as you can get.<br>
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Look at the back: does the monitor plug into the motherboard, or into<br>
a card in an expansion slot?<br></blockquote><div>The monitor plugs directly into the motherboard.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
You may be able to go into the BIOS settings page and change the preferred GPU.<br>
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It should be F2 or F12:<br>
<a href="https://www.dell.com/community/Desktops-General-Read-Only/How-to-enter-BIOS-setup-on-Inspiron-530/td-p/3331629" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.dell.com/community/Desktops-General-Read-Only/How-to-enter-BIOS-setup-on-Inspiron-530/td-p/3331629</a><br>
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It would be a good idea to also check it's the latest BIOS and update it if not.<br>
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It looks like 1.0.18 is the latest:<br>
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<a href="https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-eu/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=n73yw&lwp=rt" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-eu/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=n73yw&lwp=rt</a></blockquote><div>When I upgraded its RAM from 2GiB to 4GiB, I had to temporarily install Windows and run the update. It looks like I have the latest update:-</div><div>BIOS Version 1.0.18 02/24/2009 </div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
>> What does the Ubuntu drivers tool say? If it offers anything, install<br>
>> it, reboot and try again.<br>
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> ubiuntu-drivers list # displays no output<br>
> ubiuntu-drivers list-orm # displays no output<br>
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Just the GUI app will tell you.<br>
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Some instructions and screenshots here:<br>
<a href="https://linuxhint.com/install-nvidia-drivers-on-ubuntu/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://linuxhint.com/install-nvidia-drivers-on-ubuntu/</a><br>
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Merely for illustrative purposes. DO NOT *follow* the instructions<br>
there and install nVidia drivers unless you have an nVidia card.<br></blockquote><div>Well, I pressed the Windows/Super key, typed in Drivers. It ran Software & Updates and it reports "No additional drivers available" and</div><div>"No proprietary drivers are in use"/ <br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
> Chromium gives 27 lines of output on standard error (stderr). Would you like me to email them here?<br>
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It's not so much, but if X11 gets Firefox working, then just use X11.<br></blockquote><div>Yes, I will do that, thank you. <br></div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">BW,<br clear="all"></div><br><div><br></div><div>Ian</div><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>-- ACCU - Professionalism in programming - <a href="http://www.accu.org" target="_blank">http://www.accu.org</a><br></div>-- My writing - <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/</a><br><div>-- Free Software page - <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/home/free-software" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/home/free-software</a><br></div><br> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>