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Thanks very much Mark. That will save me a lot of hunting around - I really appreciate it. I will let you know how I get on. I wanted to try out 3D Desktop and may well be able to once I have installed this driver. On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 20:03 +0100, Mark Jose wrote: > On Monday 23 October 2006 14:44, Viv and Philip wrote: > > I tried Kubuntu on my fairly new desktop (an EI System from PC World) > > but, had problems with my 19 inch LG flat screen monitor which turned > > out to be Kubuntu not recognising the ATI graphics card. I could only > > get 640X480 resolution. > > > > It probably would have been easily fixable with the right driver but, I > > installed Ubuntu instead. That works fine and I am already familiar with > > it. I would be interested to know what you think as I am debating > > whether to go back and try it again. > > > > Viv > > > > The ati driver is available from the "restricted" repository. > http://doc.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/desktopguide/C/hardware.html#graphics-cards > explains how to add the repository and set up the card. > If you are using Ubuntu, I would imagine the same driver is needed to get 3d > acceleration in there. It is possible to set the resolution higher in Kubuntu > (or other distros) without the 3d driver by manually editing the xorg.conf > file, but unless you are familiar with it, I would simply install the > relevant 3d driver. > > Mark > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html