[sllug-members]: RE: sllug-members Digest, Vol 35, Issue 3

[Knight Walker]

On Sat, 2007-07-07 at 03:48 +0000, Jared Hackett wrote:
> So here is all the information I can think of that might be of help to
> you about my system
>  
> Motherboard  Intel 965plt
> CPU Intel D 945 running @ stock 3.4ghz(both cores)
> RAM 2 gigs
> Video Card PowerColor x1600xt 256meg vram

This is an ATI-based video card, correct?

> Sound Card Sound Blaster Audigy 2zs gamer
> Hard Drive 1 Western Digital 250 gig sata (Windows Media Center
> Partition)
> Hard Drive 2 Seagate 320gig Sata (Ubuntu-Linux anything I can get to
> work Partition)
> Cat Eye HD Tv Tuner
> Ati theater Pro 550 tv tuner
> Monitor  Westinghouse 27inch LCD TV running at 1280 X 720 @75hz
> refresh rate (Connected via dvi no drivers)
> 2 dvd drives 
> That's pretty much it. One thing I tried was using the ubuntu
> graphical installer and choosing a low vga resolution which actually
> aloud me to see more before the screen blanked out but that's the only
> thing to report I see what I can do in telinit 3

If it is, as I suspect, an ATI video card, then you will need the
proprietary ATI video driver (called fglrx, I believe).  A Google search
should find you what you're looking for, you just need a browser around
to do it. :)

-KW