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After installing 'mesa', Ubuntu doesn't start up
Firstly, i've deleted /etc/X11/xorg.conf
And then tried below command to install mesa on Ubuntu 12.04.2.
sudo apt-get install libglapi-mesa && sudo apt-get install libosmesa6
After reboot ...
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Intel driver cannot detect my monitor and get native resolution
I have installed Release 12.04 (precise) 64-bit, Kernel Linux 3.2.0-43-generic, GNOME 3.4.2 on pc. Previously I was using nvidia-graphics-card, once it is broken, I am using the onboard vga, Intel ...
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Nexio touchscreen doesn't work with 12.04
I am trying to get working Nexio NOP 190 IR with Ubuntu 12.04. Nexio provides drivers for 10.10 only. Supplier advises me to use these drivers and change kernel to old version 2.6.35 (which is ...
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Graphic Interface doesn't start
I came back to work after a week away and this is what greets me:
If I press enter it displays the tty1 login prompt.
I have booted using a 12.04.2 Live USB and it seems to work fine, I`m using it ...
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DisplayLink usb on ubuntu 12.04 on laptop
I'd like to use a displaylink usb UGA-2k-A rev b. (dl-195) on my laptop with ubuntu 12.04
I have an Asus x53s with intel graphics and nvidia Geforce GT 520MX 1GB.
I've read a lot of posts about how to ...
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Black Screen on Login
I have serached around, but no fix could help me. Here's what happened:
A few days ago, for no reason, I couldn't see the login screen on my Ubuntu 12.04. nor do anything but reboot using ...
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Gnome/Unity not working
I wanted to try the gnome 3.9 UI on ubuntu 12.04 LTS. So I installed the following ppa
add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Then I added the ...
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xserver-xorg-lts-quantal will remove many packages
I am try to install xserver-xorg-lts-quantal in ubuntu 12.04 .
But it says installing xserver-xorg-lts-quantal will remove many packages.
How to keep those packages?
Thanks
When I choose ...
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Xserver crashes with ATI except for root
The xserver stopped working for any normal user except root. The error message and lspci output is posted at http://pastebin.com/VSU50WXW.
I have reinstalled fglrx and fglrx-amdcccle, didn't work. ...
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Xubuntu 12.04 freezes before login on splash screen
Before you mark this as a duplicate for this What should I do when Ubuntu freezes? note that it is for issues after login, not before. I have tried previous versions of the kernel, Alt-F2, ...
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Nvidia driver installed successfully, but not activated
My Ubuntu 12.04 only shows up black screen when starting up some days ago suddenly. Since I can desktop through recovery mode (resume in recovery mode, and the resolution is wrong), I believe there's ...
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Graphics driver for ATI FirePro 2770 not working properly on 12.04
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04, and I'm having the following problems:
My monitor is not detected properly. In System Settings -> Display it says Laptop even though it is a desktop PC (a fairly standard ...
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Xserver sometimes fails to start
I'm having problems with my Xserver sometimes failing to start. It doesn't happen consistently, but when it happens, instead of showing the login screen I get some vague one-line error message about ...
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Status of xforcevesa boot parameter?
Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin), Linux Mint 13 (maya)
The xforcevesa parameter doesn't seem to have any effect on X video driver loading. Is it obsolete?
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How would I get Nvidia GeForce GT 520 working perfect on a Panasonic TC-P50X1 plasma tv?
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and I've got it working on plasma OK but I know it could be better, especially from a technically correct prospective. The new nvidia-current settings didn't have an overscan ...
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KDE boots up to a black screen
KDE boots up, shows the KDE logo with five dots, then the screen goes black. I can hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 and get to a console login, so I know that the monitor and video card work, but X never loads ...
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Unable to fork: Cannot allocate memory
frequently getting 'fork: Cannot allocate memory' when running commands over ssh. I have 64Gb of RAM and usually 1~2Gb free.
swap is more than 8gb free
Ubuntu version:"Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS" Desktop ...
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Can't change resolution in Xubuntu
i have a freshly installed Xubuntu 12.04 on an old computer.
I'm fairly new to working with ubuntu (i know how to use google) and cannot seem to get the right resolution with it connected to a 16:9 ...
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xorg.conf configuration help on Ubuntu 12.04 ppc
I did the Xorg -configure or X -configure and I have a xorg.conf file but with errors, so this is something I found out running ddcprobe:
oem: nouveaufb
memory: 7088kb
edid:
edid: 1 3
id: 2292
...
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help making my own xorg.conf on ubuntu 12.04 ppc (G5-Nvidia)
how can I make my own xorg.conf for nvidia geforce 6600 PCIE
NVIDIA GeForce 6600:
Chipset Model: GeForce 6600
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
Slot: SLOT-1
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): ...
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Dummy xorg-driver-video provider?
I've been using a manually-installed driver for my NVidia card (I'm doing CUDA development) and I'd like to ditch nvidia-common, but that means that the package manager wants to uninstall ...
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Updaing Kernel while having Xorg Driver installed
On my system I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 with kernel 3.7.8-030708-generic and Xorg graphics driver. Now I want to upgrade my kernel to 3.8.2. So will it effect my Xorg driver. If does, then what steps ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 No signal screen when returning to desktop with Ctrl-Alt-F7
I'm trying to connect remotely with other debian computer with this method 'http://sowingstars.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/remote-graphical-desktop-session/'. Initially everything works fine, i could ...
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12.04 Graphics problem
So I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 32bit on a Dell XPS L502X with Nvidia GT540m. I'm having serious trouble with getting the drivers to work. Every solution i came across on the net didn't really work ...
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Unable to change the refresh rate to 60hz with xrandr
My monitor supports 1920×1080 @ 60hz (LG W2486L) and graphic card (GeForce 9400 GT)
using Ubuntu 12.04.
When I type xrandr -q I get this:
xrandr -q
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output ...
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Screen does not work after installing nvidia-current on Ubuntu 12.04
I have problem installing the nvidia drivers for my GPU, Nvidia Tesla C2050. I have tried to use both the drivers from Nvidia and the drivers from Ubuntu
I have been advised to use the drivers from ...
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Under “System Settings -> Details” “Graphics” shown as “Unknown” [duplicate]
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my desktop. System details shown by Ubuntu are as:
Memory: 3.8 GB
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHz × 4
Graphics: Unknown
OS: type 32-bit
Now I ...
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How do i remove the resolution which shows by xrandr?
I tried to remove using xrandr --rmmode or --delmode output name but it fails. How do i remove it then??
HDMI-1 connected 1280x720+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 160mm x 90mm
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Ubuntu stuck in infinite resolution changing loop after pressing CTRL+ALT+F7
This happens alot in Ubuntu 12.10, and in 12.04 which i recently downgraded to for the LTS. I'll be in a window manager like KDE or unity or whatever, drop to a terminal via CTRL+ALT+F1, do something ...
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12.04.2 update problems
I'm having problems with the update to 12.04.2 (x64).
I ran the updates and rebooted the machine. It started backup in TTY1 (I've had this happen before no biggy) so I hit Ctrl+Alt+F7 and got ...
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Fatal server errors, no screens found [duplicate]
I am an issue with my ubuntu box: I get the following error message when I do a startx: Fatal server errors, no screens found
When I start my computer, I do hear the ubuntu sound indicating the ...
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Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS boots to purple screen
I have seen some solutions but none of them work for me, so here is the issue
Ubuntu 12.04 will not boot but instead leaves me with a purple screen with no loading bar
I have:
An Asus motherboard
8 ...
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nVidia driver not stretching full screen apps to fill screen
My former nVidia proprietary driver (295.40), and all others before it that I can remember, used to stretch any full screen application running bellow my monitor resolution to fill the entire screen ...
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Forcing Powermizer to Maximum performance by default [duplicate]
I bought an xfx Geforce N640 video card and installed it with driver 313.18 in my Ubuntu 12.04 64 bits. The tearing level on my screen is bad, and in another question here (How do I stop video ...
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Crashing issue. Suspect Nvidia drivers
After quite some kerfuffle I managed to get to activate the proprietary nvidia drivers. Chose
xorg:nvidia_current
My attempts seemed successful but now Unbuntu freezes after a minute or two and it ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 login screen finite loop and keep end my session
The difference between this issue and other threads about: "login screen loop" is that in my case it's a finite loop which means it runs five times and then I can type my password and start my ...
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Troubles in connecting second monitor to GeForce GT440
I have Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit, GEFORCE GT440, 2 19" VGA monitors with 1280x1024 support. Installed proprietary Nvidia drivers.
% nvidia-xconfig -v
nvidia-xconfig: version 304.43 ...
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Not working nvidia GTX680M on ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How well do laptops with Nvidia Optimus work?
I have a problem with nvdia gtx680m on ubuntu... I have installed the drivers from nvidia website, and didn't work.. after ...
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Keyboard not working/ kbd_drv.so missing
The keyboard stopped working on my Acer Aspire One running Ubuntu 12.04.
The keyoard doesn't work when the computer is booted (ie: I can't press F12 to change the boot order) amd it doesn't work when ...
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x sever not starting in ubuntu 12.04 32 bit
I have installed Ubuntu in a Vmware workstation 8, (the machine is not VT capable so only 32 bit guest is possible)
the installation of 12.04 32 bit (x86) went smoothly but at the end X server (gui ...
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How can I stop a guest session created by startx command?
I was trying to use Ubuntu 12.4 with administrative privileges. So I typed the following commands in bash shell.
sudo -v
sudo su -
startx -- :2 vt8
I don't know what I have done. Now, I can login ...
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How can I have different X & sound configuration depending on which user logs in?
First off: I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 and the NVIDIA X Server Settings GUI to configure.
I've recently gotten a new LED TV hooked up to my computer - the video card supports two displays. I would like ...
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Show a notification at login using pam_exec
This simple script will show a Zenity notification when the user logs in:
case "$PAM_TYPE" in
'open_session' )
if [ "$PAM_SERVICE" = "lightdm" ] ; then
DISPLAY=:0 sudo -u ...
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Ubuntu: xorg - cannot install controller configuration CRT 262
I have a server running under ubuntu with no hardware display connected.
Basic display resolution in this case is
$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 800 x 600, maximum 800 x 600
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Intermittent `Error: cannot open display: localhost:10.0` with Vagrant
I've set up a Vagrant VM with X forwarding. I'm connecting to it with the following command (to improve X performance):
ssh -c arcfour,blowfish-cbc -XC vagrant@VM-NAME
This works fine; I log into ...
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Additional Configuration on xorg.conf
is there any additional configuration on xorg.conf to activate dual-screen ? I'm using Ubuntu Precise , SIS 672 Chipset. I just installed chipset driver by following tutorial at ...
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Brightness Control with Lag
I have a Sony Vaio S13 laptop with a Nvidia 310M graphics card. Ever since I installed Ubuntu on it (11.10, now running 12.04) I have been having a recurring problem with the brightness controls. ...
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Why the xinput calculation is not correct as theory mentioned to be?
For resolution 1024x768
I tried: xinput set-prop "Elo TouchSystems, Inc. Elo TouchSystems 2700 IntelliTouch(r) USB Touchmonitor Interface" --type=float "Coordinate Transformation Matrix" 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 - xinput test 8 command which shows where i am touching the screen, but its showing me nothing at all
I have xinput test 8 to see touch screen inputs. But since 5 hours i can not see where its touching. Before 5 hours it was working fine.
Then i updated the kernel and also updated to latest kernel ...
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Xorg and Xserver not starting up after hibernate
I originally wrote this question on http://unix.stackexchange.com but didn't really get any response and that forum isn't as busy as this one so hoping to get better luck here.
I'm currently running ...
