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Kevin Tunison wrote: > Hi All, > > I installed Ubuntu Intrepid x64 the other day on my acer aspire5003wlmi > amd turion. The display, while it displays at say 16,000 colours - > there is definitely something not right about it. I I try to do > anything with video or my digital photos, it's all like 256 colour. I've > not had to really tweak around display options for many years, and so > any pointers would be helpful. > > So far I've been to the ubuntu wiki testing group and applied their > recommendations. I think what I used to do was configure x and just > startx instead of a display manager. what else could I run to configure > any possible drivers and such? > > lcpci returns: > > VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [Sis] 661/741/760 > PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/AcerAspire5003WLMi > > Nothing so far has really jumped out at me as a bug on the ubuntu site > either... yet anyways. > Have you tried Ubuntu Hardy at all or even another distro? Doing a bit of investigation, it appears Intel manufacture a motherboard with this same SIS chipset. You can download a driver for the SIS chipset from Intel's site here: http://tinyurl.com/2arxlb Might not work but it's certainly worth a try. Rob -- 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