Gateway Laptop forced to run in 2D
I am very new to linux / ubuntu. If I sound stupid, It's probably because I am. Treat me as such.
I have the latest Dream Studio installed on my Gateway Laptop. It is a Duel boot with win7 on disk 1 + D.S. on disk two.
From the get-go I needed to use "nomodeset" to get the machine to boot. (Laptop monitor would shut off but machine would still boot)
I am stuck in 2D Hell!!!! it's like I'm in Windows 95 Safe Mode. The unity Bar takes up half the screen. Not half....but jeez.... How the hell can I get the right drivers installed.
I have updated Kernel to 3.6.9
Changed the GRUB to many different suggested settings.
gonna try shaking snake rattles and chanting in tongues over my machine soon. Please help a feeble noob.
02: None 00.0: 11001 VESA Framebuffer
[Created at bios.464]
Unique ID: rdCR.fRULN9k9OD4
Hardware Class: framebuffer
Model: "Intel(r)Cantiga Graphics Controller"
Vendor: "Intel Corporation"
Device: "Intel(r)Cantiga Graphics Controller"
SubVendor: "Intel(r)Cantiga Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS"
SubDevice:
Revision: "Hardware Version 0.0"
Memory Size: 63 MB + 960 kB
Memory Range: 0xc0000000-0xc3feffff (rw)
Mode 0x0305: 1024x768 (+1024), 8 bits
Mode 0x0317: 1024x768 (+2048), 16 bits
Mode 0x0318: 1024x768 (+4096), 24 bits
Mode 0x0312: 640x480 (+2560), 24 bits
Mode 0x0314: 800x600 (+1600), 16 bits
Mode 0x0315: 800x600 (+3200), 24 bits
Mode 0x0301: 640x480 (+640), 8 bits
Mode 0x0303: 800x600 (+832), 8 bits
Mode 0x0311: 640x480 (+1280), 16 bits
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown.
Re: Gateway Laptop forced to run in 2D
Since no one else has replied, I thought I might try to help. If by the 'latest Dream Studio' you mean a version based on Ubuntu 12.10 or newer, there is a possibility that your apparently older video card may not be supported:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetz.../UbuntuDesktop
Look under the section for video cards. If that is indeed the case, you may have better luck with a version of Dream Studio based on Ubuntu 12.04; it seems to do a better job of supporting older video cards.
I hope this helps give you an idea of a direction to pursue; best of luck!
