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bilalali
January 1st, 2010, 07:07 AM
Hi, i am a totally new ubuntu user. I just installed ubuntu on a separate partition and after i enabled my graphics card i rebooted my computer. After i selected ubuntu from the grub menu and then the ubunto symbol came on adn the THE SCREEN WENT BLANK. i know how to disable the graphics card from the recovery thing but i want to use my graphics card for all the cool desktop effects. What do i do. And just a reminder i am a totally new to linux so plz be as detailed in the responses.
here is my lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0a74 (rev a2)
01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation Device 0be3 (rev a1)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device 4380 (rev 10)
03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
04:00.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e822
04:00.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e230
04:00.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd Device e832
04:00.4 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e822

northrup
January 1st, 2010, 08:28 AM
Did you enable your preferred graphics card before or after you installed Ubuntu?

bilalali
January 1st, 2010, 03:41 PM
ummm.... i had windows 7 running with the nvdia. and umm i enabled the nvidea after the installation