Fujitsu L7320GW ubuntu 9.04

[Phillip Hutchinson]

I am new to Ubuntu and love it (I hate Microsoft). But can I get the operating system to work on this laptop, not likely! The main problem and I have tried to get help from previous threads without luck. The Problem is that the Laptop has a widescreen, I can install Ubuntu 9.04 but when you go into the desk top the right hand side of the screen and the bottom of the screen are not visible.

I have seen that you can download drivers for the laptop Via CN800 UniChrome Pro but I don't know where to start how to instal it.

Please help I'm running out of patience and I may have to return to XP the enemy.

Regards

Phillip

[Mark Phelps]

Linux is not Windows -- you don't routinely install drivers. Drivers are installed routinely as part of setup. If you're seeing a desktop, video drivers have already been installed.

In some cases, there are "restricted" drivers -- but those are only available for specific ATI and Nvidia cards. There are no such drivers for other cards/chipsets.

What make/model is your video card/chipset?

[Phillip Hutchinson]

UniChrome Pro with 64MB Shared Fujitus Seimens Notebook.

Regards

Phillip Hutchinson

[Mark Phelps]

Found a couple of different sources that list different video adapters for your machine. To find out what you have, open a terminal and enter "lspci" -- and look for lines that mention video adapters. Those are usually near the end of the list.

[Phillip Hutchinson]

Have tried "lspci" but this looks like incorrect information.

According to Fujitsu this should be as follws.

Display
Display Type: 15.4" TFT
Max Resolution: 1280 x 800 ( WXGA )
Widescreen Display: Yes
Features: Crystal View
Video
Graphics Processor / Vendor: VIA UniChrome Pro
Video Memory: Shared Video Memory (UMA)
Max Allocated RAM Size: 64 MB

Regards

Phillip