Questions related to graphics, in particular getting graphics cards to work. Please tag your exact graphics card version as well if you know what it is.
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Ubuntu tty1 - 6 blank screen
I cannot access ubuntu console by pressing CTRL+ALT+F1 - F6.
It only shows blank screen (black).
I don't know since when, just found out recently.
I suspect that fglrx driver is the problem (ATI ...
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Integrated Video Card and NVIDIA PCIe on Ubuntu 13.04?
I would like to use both integrated and PCIe NVIDIA video card on my ubuntu box.
The idea is to use the integrated video card to support two displays and the NVIDIA GTX650 for CUDA computing. ...
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Different Pictures For Items
On my desktop I have alot of different shell files that run a game. I want to replace those ugly shell file looks on your desktop and replace it with the game's logo. Is there a way to do this?
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Installing “AMD Catalyst™” [duplicate]
I have recently started using Ubuntu, and I do not know how to install my drivers. I have watched a few tutorials on Ubuntu and also read a few, however, non of them seems to work on my machine.
I ...
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I can't see the window control buttons in Ubuntu 13.04
I have a problem with the window control buttons in Ubuntu 13.04. As you can see, the buttons are not available in the full screen mode.
If I want to close or minimize a window, I have to make it ...
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Help with NVidia GeForce 9400 GT? [duplicate]
I just got my 13.04 running.
However, I run off an almost ancient graphics card, the NVidia GeForce 9400 GT, and it doesn't support the dimensions for my card, is there any drivers I could possibly ...
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12.10 installation problem
I have been trying to install 12.10 version of Ubuntu on my 1GB powered 160 GB AMD sempron 64 bit processor, without a graphic card.
The entire procedure seems to occur with ease till the end except ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 Black Screen on Boot with gtx 660ti [duplicate]
I've been trying for two weeks to figure out what is the problem. I got PC with ASUS GTX 660 Ti running in SLI and HD 4000 integrated graphics. The problem is, whenever i want to boot on ubuntu, ...
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Ubuntu Black Screen [duplicate]
I am trying to install Ubuntu 13.04 64bit on my new ASUS Machine. My graphics card in an Intel HD Graphics 4000 card. I am trying to install Ubuntu but when I boot with flash drive and click install, ...
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Hardware Acceleration on HD 7950 Ubuntu 13.04
I have installed a clean install of Ubuntu 13.04, and have attempted several methods of installing the fglrx drivers for the Gigabyte HD 7950 3GB graphics card with no success. Every time the driver ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS only runs with AMD Radeon HD6490 and not Intel HD 3000 [duplicate]
I'm a bit new to Ubuntu 12.04. I have used it for a few months now, but I don't exactly know the commands for Ubuntu.
Also I have been searching for a solution to my problem with my HP ProBook 4730s ...
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X screen is broken after upgrading from 12.04 to 12.10
I had a perfectly working system running Ubuntu 12.04. After upgrading to 12.10, my X screen is "broken" (I don't know how to describe this in words). Some parts of the screen are still legible, but ...
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Installation of : AMD Radeon™ HD7790 Catalyst™ Performance Driver under Ubuntu 13.04 [closed]
Has anyone had success in installation of the drivers mentioned in the title ?
(I was unsuccessful and finally installed AMD Radeon HD77xx driver which works OK).
Thanks for your response.
P.S. I ...
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How to solve “the system is running in low graphics mode” in ubuntu 12.04? [duplicate]
I have ubuntu 12.04 installed and it was working fine. But today suddenly it stopped responding, then I restart it and gives a window
The System is running in low graphics mode, Your Screen, graphics ...
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NVidia (GTX 680) Drivers Ubuntu 13.04 Black Screen
I've been trying for two days now to get my computer running the NVidia drivers. I'm running a GTX 680 and 64 bit architecture.
I've tried multiple things, here's a few:
Additional drivers for my ...
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Xlib error when running graphical applications on VNC
I have a server with a Nvidia card (gtx 680) to which I access remotely through VNC (vnc4server). For some graphical applications, I get the following error:
Xlib: extension "NV-GLX" missing on ...
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totally messed up graphics. what can I do?
I got an old celeron from my friend without an OS. I wanted to install Ubuntu. But as soon as I booted into the install menu where it asks for the language the grafhics gets messed up so much that I ...
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Major graphical problems after updating to 13.04
This afternoon I updated from 12.10 to 13.04. Ubuntu 12.10 worked entirely fine. However, when I now try to start Ubuntu 13.04, my graphics go completely wrong. And when I mean wrong, I mean really ...
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No HDMI output when connecting display after boot
I need several servers running Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS to bind framebuffer to HDMI when HDMI is not connected to a display from boot. Now there's only video output when it's connected to a display ...
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How can I fix this graphical error?
I have a Radeon HD 4670 and when I log in the first time to my machine after boot / reboot, I always encounter this picture for a few seconds until everything loads up:
I don't think it's my card's ...
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Problem while installing ATI driver for HD6630m/intel hybrid graphical card ！
I have tried to install ati driver 12.4-13.1 on ubuntu 12.04.2 according to the article
What is the correct way to install ATI Catalyst Video Drivers (fglrx)? and many other installation ...
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Half of the screen is slightly dimmer using chrubuntu on Acer c7 chromebook [closed]
I have tried using the intel graphics driver installer from this website:
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/03/intel-releases-linux-graphics-drivers.html
I have gone through quite a few websites for ...
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Video glitch NVIDIA (card: unknown)
I have an ASUS desktop PC which is giving me an annoying video glitch
If I check card model with lspci I get:
VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0de5 (rev a1)
Apparently my ...
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how do i set up graphics driver for my gt 620m card?
I have tried a lot of stuff to get my card working but all those tryouts have messed up my ubuntu 12.10 install. (on playing a video its slow and in VLC no display... happened after i followed the ...
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About Graphic Card [duplicate]
Hello everyone I might have a problem with my laptop graphıcs(samsung p5cs02 tr laptop)
First off all,I have nvidia gt 650m 1 gb graphic card and intel hd 4000 graphics 1 gb
My problem is ubuntu ...
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Black screen on startup - Ubuntu 13.04 Intel HD 4000 [duplicate]
The title illustrates my problem. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
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AMD switchable graphics: integrated outperforms dedicated
I am running Ubuntu 12.10 on a Sony VAIO E14 laptop. I have a AMD switchable GPU Radeon HD 7600M / Intel HD 4000 card. The AMD Catalyst 13.4 driver is installed:
On integrated (IGPU):
fglrxinfo
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problem in resolution on ubuntu 12.10
optimize resolution in my monitor is 1600x1900 .60 .
but just 3 resolution and best of it , is 1152x864 .
I have test every way but not work .
my graphic is nvidia gt610m .
I use of xrandr & ...
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Why is there no support for AMD ATI 3200 graphics?
I've got a rather old notebook with an AMD ATI 3200 graphics card inside. Now I use XUbuntu 13.04 on it and found out that there is no support for this chipset anymore, due to some X.org conflicts.
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Four GUIs off USB Boot
I am booting Ubuntu on a mac off of a USB drive. When I start it up there is a black screen giving me the options to try Ubuntu, install Ubuntu, or 2 other options. I select try Ubuntu and four GUIs ...
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Is gaming on ubuntu possible (choice of games) [duplicate]
So im updating my old pc preferable for gaming.
Are the games (mainly first person shooters) on the market able to be played on Ubuntu?
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13.04 Only booting on occasion
I've been having an awful lot of trouble with Nvidia drivers recently. I've managed to get almost everything working nicely except for the fact that the system only seems to boot when it feels like ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 problems with Unity 3d and Ati Radeon Hd 6670
Im running Ubuntu 12.04 in my PC, Intel Dual Core,2.5gb RAM, ATI Radeon HD 6670
I have intalled the driver for my ATI following this tutorial.
The thing is that Unity 3D do not respond, every time ...
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What is the most sensible graphics driver to install for Nvidia GTX 670MX and Kubuntu 13.04? [duplicate]
Just (re)installed Kubuntu 13.04. I broke my last installation after trying to install Nvidia's graphics driver.
I would like to know whether I should install the Nvidia driver, the bumblebee thing ...
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Can I use a different graphical driver while booting, and the proprietery NVIDIA driver once my computer has started?
I have a bit of a problem in that as I am booting my PC, the boot screen isn't exactly pretty because I am using the proprietary NVIDIA drivers.
I am wondering if there is a method to use the VESA ...
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Help with boot screen
I want to have a different boot screen when I start my computer right now it just is a black screen saying starting this and starting that blah blah. I really want to have a graphic design like the ...
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Graphics not working correctly on IBM thinkcentre with Ubuntu 13.04
I have an IBM ThinkCentre and I have installed Ubuntu 13.04 on it, the login screen shows the top toolbar, but when I login all the computer shows is just the desktop background. For some reason the ...
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Over-heat problem [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu a few months ago and it raises the laptop's temperature very rapidly, unlike Windows, then the laptop started shutting down after 2 or 3 hours maximum because of its very high ...
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Inexpensive PCI OpenGL Graphics Card Compatible with Ubuntu 12.04
I am looking for a recommendation of an affordable graphics card that will give me OpenGL capabilities running Ubuntu 12.04 and it must be PCI.
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Ubuntu 13.04 Nvidia driver problem. Black screen desktop,
I recently upgraded my zotac Atom Ion Nvidia computer from Ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04
After Nvidia drivers updated I can't see my desktop. After boot, the
screen goes black and all I can see is the ...
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Como reparar “The Sistem is running in low-graphics mode”? [duplicate]
Acabo de instalar Ubuntu pero al iniciarlo me da el error "The sistema is running in low-graphics mode". Por favor ayudenme
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Ubuntu 13 change drm_kms_helper poll param
I had ubuntu for 3 years( since version 11).
Every version I had, had the Intel Graphics bug in it's kernel - randomly freezing mouse.
I fixed this problem using "echo N> ...
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Backlight will not dim using function key
Laptop is Samsung R580 with AMD/ATI, running Ubuntu 13.04. The Function Key has no effect on brightness. Screen brightness is OK when operating on mains power, but when mains supply is disconnected ...
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AMD A8-4500 APU with Radeon HD 7640g
I have installed many versions of Linux lately, trying to free myself from windows, I have played with Linux over that past few years, but I was into gaming, and until recently couldn't fully commit ...
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Choppy Video Playback in 13.04
I've had a tremendous amount of trouble with my Nvidia drivers and have finally settled on a version that seems to be working acceptably. Kind of. When I view a video of any kind, irrelevant of ...
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Import vector graphics to inkscape
I'm producing vector graphics in my research with Maethematica and/or MATLAB, and I want to combine a few of them. I thought the best would be to use inkscape to do that, but unfortunately inkscape ...
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Hardware acceleration on nvidia
It's the first time I'm trying to play on my linux mint 14 installation, and even though 3D hardware acceleration is enabled, all games seem to be CPU-rendered.
I have nvidia's binary drivers ...
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Unable to use Ubuntu with recent AMD Radeon HD 6670 [duplicate]
I know how to use a computer, but not really how it works . . .
I've tried to install Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04 on my Dell Inpsiron 531 desktop, but here's what happens:
-I load the Live CD, no ...
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Troubleshooting poor performance with ATI HD 5800 GPU
I am attempting again to solve problems between ATI Radeon HD 5800 series (5830) GPU and Ubuntu. Three months ago I posted:
Display difficulties with Ubuntu 12.10, Dual Monitors, and ATI HD 5800
I ...
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Interference from Graphics Card?
I have been using Ubuntu for a while now and have always had an issue with interference. It seems that the Graphics Driver I am using affects when the interference occurs and how loud it is. If I used ...
