I tried upgrading to Ubuntu a little while back but couldn’t get it to work with my wireless network card.
Having since moved and got a new computer and wired connection i though I’d have another bash.
However i cant get Ubuntu to recognize acer wide screen, i looked on the Ubuntu forums and they say the solutions are to download drivers for the graphics (ATI 1950XT) which i presume got downloaded with easy-Ubuntu. The other thing was to edit xorg.conf to include the native 1440X900 of my monitor, which promptly proceeded to brick my installation. (The loading bar freezes).
So i was wondering if anyone here managed to overcome these problems? This is the only thing thats stopping me from using windows.
first, make sure the ATi driver is installed correctly, under in a terminal, type in
glxgears
maximize that 3d window, considering your video card, your fps should be at least 300. If it’s less than that, then your ati driver isn’t working properly. (if you are getting a solid 60, 70, or 75, that means V-Sync is on)
The other thing was to edit xorg.conf to include the native 1440X900 of my monitor, which promptly proceeded to brick my installation. (The loading bar freezes).
I do not quite understand this, you mean once you edited the file and restarted teh computer, ubuntu will not boot? It is likely that you did something you are not suppose to to the file, try find a backup file somewhere.
If you still can’t boot, bootup your comptuer using the ubuntu livecd again, and then edit the xorg.conf from there.