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Linux Mint and graphics cards... is it really that hard?

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  • #2
    Kinet1c
    Closed Accounts Posts: 824 ✭✭✭Kinet1c


    Close all apps, open a terminal and type the following:
    sudo apt-get install -y nvidia-settings && sudo reboot

    Enter your password and let it install the latest nvidia drivers/settings.

    Let it reboot and see if that helps when you login again.


  • #3
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 13,990 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    If I recall correctly the VIA/S3 UniChrome support in the Linux kernel has been deprecated.

    Try an older version of the distro and you might have better luck.

    Almost all modern distro have similar hardware requirements to modern Windows, for full functions.

    There are some speciality distros for older hardware.


  • #4
    yuloni
    Registered Users Posts: 2,040 ✭✭✭yuloni


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  • #5
    niallb
    Registered Users Posts: 2,715 ✭✭✭niallb


    I'd suggest you leave the nvidia card in if at all possible, as the unichrome driver is a dog.
    You could try booting this chromiumos image to see what graphics performance might be like.
    This multiple driver build has nvidia support baked in, should only require one reboot to generate the configuration.

    http://arnoldthebat.co.uk/wordpress/2014/01/05/multiple-driver-special-edition-build/


  • #6
    Knasher
    Registered Users Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭Knasher


    My advice would be firstly to give up on the VIA card. They have a poor reputation for support in Linux, and if you have the option of using nVidia, it will probably work out better.

    Secondly I'd probably advise you to look at using the MATE or XFCE editions of Mint. Cinnamon is on the heavier end of linux desktops, with fancy window rendering and animations, while Mate and XFCE are much lighter.

    Thirdly, the nouveau driver that you blacklisted is the open source nvidia driver. It may actually be the better option on older hardware, and it may allow you to run newer versions of mint (though I still wouldn't run Cinnamon) If you are installing the proprietary driver, then you should be using the nvidia-graphics-driver-96 package for hardware that old, but everything I see suggests nvidia stopped updating that in 2012, so you'd have to use distros from that era.


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    yuloni
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    yuloni
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