albertomilone.com— Envy is a program that will automatically install/configure your video card drivers in Ubuntu. Latest version works for both ATI/Nvidia. Now installing Beryl is a breeze!
Feb 21, 2007View in Crawl 4
That is why you dual boot. If you bought your laptop a year ago you should have at least a 80gb hard drive. Do a 50:30 ratio (Windows/Linux). That way you can get Ubuntu up and running, and if you run into any problems, you can boot into Windows. Plus getting BF2 to work in Ubuntu will be a bitch so just set it up in Windows.
This is the easy way?... Man I'd hate to see instructions for the regular way. Looks like I'll be sticking with XP a bit longer. I really wish Linux didn't have that... "written by geeks for geeks" factor. I'd love to stop paying Microsoft soon.
"For those who do not want to do this here is how you install a Nvidia card in Ubuntu without the command line.Select system then select Administration.Click on Synaptic Package Manager.Enter password press enter.Click on search then type nvidia in the box and press enter.Select nvidia-glx from the list and click apply.wait for installation to complete then press ctrl+alt+backspaceenjoy."envy provides *updated* drivers. The ones in restricted are frozen. That can be a bit of a problem for people with newer cards that the frozen driver doesn't support (I had this problem during the Breezy cycle).
You guys have to admit that in windows is just Easier to do so, Download driversopen EXEnext-->next-->..restart....done.i hate typing commands!, on the consoleand why can you just press CTRL+V to paste on that s**t....dang so annoying.
You have to admit you really havn't used Linux much have you?Package Managers are a FARRRR better than any approach a MS OS has got. All software in one place rather than having to look for anything... that sounds like a dream... wait... that sounds like my Linux Laptop.
miglaFeb 22, 2007
Make a backup copy of xorg.conf and uninstall the driver from terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F1) if it doesn't work.
unl1m1t3dFeb 22, 2007
That is why you dual boot. If you bought your laptop a year ago you should have at least a 80gb hard drive. Do a 50:30 ratio (Windows/Linux). That way you can get Ubuntu up and running, and if you run into any problems, you can boot into Windows. Plus getting BF2 to work in Ubuntu will be a bitch so just set it up in Windows.
unl1m1t3dFeb 22, 2007
Not video drivers, ATI video drivers. Nvidia support is a lot better, but ATI drivers are getting better all the time.
gib802Feb 22, 2007
This is the easy way?... Man I'd hate to see instructions for the regular way. Looks like I'll be sticking with XP a bit longer. I really wish Linux didn't have that... "written by geeks for geeks" factor. I'd love to stop paying Microsoft soon.
jeremy23Feb 22, 2007
Yup, AIGLX and all that is supported out of the box on Ubuntu Edgy for Intel chipsets. Note: no compositing manager installed by default, though.
jeremy23Feb 22, 2007
No, it's not 'out of the box'.
iandeforFeb 22, 2007
"For those who do not want to do this here is how you install a Nvidia card in Ubuntu without the command line.Select system then select Administration.Click on Synaptic Package Manager.Enter password press enter.Click on search then type nvidia in the box and press enter.Select nvidia-glx from the list and click apply.wait for installation to complete then press ctrl+alt+backspaceenjoy."envy provides *updated* drivers. The ones in restricted are frozen. That can be a bit of a problem for people with newer cards that the frozen driver doesn't support (I had this problem during the Breezy cycle).
cubeeFeb 23, 2007
You guys have to admit that in windows is just Easier to do so, Download driversopen EXEnext-->next-->..restart....done.i hate typing commands!, on the consoleand why can you just press CTRL+V to paste on that s**t....dang so annoying.
junpeiFeb 23, 2007
I fear my computer will never run Ubuntu with video card drivers installed. It installed, rebooted, and nothing changed. )=
planelayzApr 26, 2007
You have to admit you really havn't used Linux much have you?Package Managers are a FARRRR better than any approach a MS OS has got. All software in one place rather than having to look for anything... that sounds like a dream... wait... that sounds like my Linux Laptop.