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Re: Ubuntu 14.04.2 (Trusty Tahr)

 

Hi Ish,

I am using amd radeon r7 290x.

I would like to write a guide as soon as i am done ill let you know.

Cheers guys :)
On Feb 20, 2015 7:05 PM, "Ish Sookun" <ish@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello Anooj,
>
> Good to hear from you :-)
>
> I guess it was your nvidia? Then a quick "apt-get install nvidia-current"
> would have solved it. If not, you could use the lspci command to find your
> card details and add the required PPA, then finally install the correct
> driver. The nomodeset loads the kernel with generic drivers.
>
> If you had issues with the graphic card then moving to Gnome 3 isn't a
> solution. You could have continued using Unity with the updated drivers :-)
>
> Hey, but if you to write a tutorial about Graphic Drivers on Ubuntu, I'll
> be happy to put it on Hacklog as a guest post.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ish Sookun
>
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> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 5:45 PM, Beach Samurai <beach.samurai@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Ive been having issues with my ubuntu unity. Basically there was a black
>> screen and whenever i restarted the pc i ended up with the black screen
>> again. Its a common problem. Basic solution is that you have to uninstall
>> the gpu driver. Then you have to go to additional driver and install
>> proprietary drivers for your graphic card.
>>
>> I moved to gnome 3 where i hope everythings fine.
>>
>> If you need more information i can link some of the threads online to
>> help you, there isnt one absolute thread mostof them tell you to add
>> "nomodeset" in singlemode but that did not work for me.
>>
>> I hope14.04.02. Is much better though
>>
>> :)
>>
>> Cheers
>> On Feb 20, 2015 5:30 PM, "Ish Sookun" <ish@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello *buntu Geeks,
>>>
>>> On this beautiful Friday with a romantic & electric weather pouring down
>>> Mauritius, let's chill out and download Ubuntu 14.04.2. Yeah! Technically
>>> it's a more robust & stable version of Ubuntu LTS.
>>>
>>> More infomation here => https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Ish Sookun
>>>
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>>> tweet?*
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