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Achieving full resolution with PowerVR SGX454 on Ubuntu 12.04
I have a Mini-PC with an ASRock AD2700B-ITX motherboard, which has an Intel PowerVR SGX545 on-board graphic chip. I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on it today.
Everything is working properly and is quite ...
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all type of image files stop loading
I am working on my newly installed wine. when i tried to run a game , called "road rash" through wine, my screen resolution got change and after few seconds game stop working. Then my most of image ...
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LMDE, Graphics with i915 and KMS: DVI not working on tty consoles
I already asked the same question at Super User, but I think it's better suited here, sorry:
I have some problems getting the DVI output of my onboard Intel graphics device running when using KMS. ...
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Cannot set up screen panning in Ubuntu with xRandR which states that it cannot find the modes
I am using a Samsung n150 netbook with a 10.1 inch screen and it has a maximum screen resolution of 1024x600. I am running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and want to enable screen panning for a larger virtual ...
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Sapphire HD 4870 GDDR 512 drivers for Ubuntu
I just installed a new graphic card, could someone tell me how can I install the drivers for Sapphire HD 4870 GDDR 512 ?
Unfortunately I only see Windows driver on their official website.
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No framebuffer device: how to enable it?
I'm trying to make a PCMCIA tuner card work in my headless home server, running Debian Squeeze. Now, as I have very big troubles finding the correct command line to capture, transcode end stream the ...
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Is there a command line tool for image manipulation?
I'm searching for a tool for command line image manipulation. I want something similar to pinpoint presentation tool where I edit a file and can directly see the results on another window.
I can get ...
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Finding the best working driver for a video card
where can I look for the best working driver for a video card (and if available at all)?
In my case it is a "Nvidia Geforce GTX 580", because I've read that the drivers are better for Nvida than for ...
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Setting up a 3 monitor display?
I currently have a Radeon HD 5750 graphics card and an M3N78-PRO motherboard. I use both outputs of my graphics card for a 2 screen display. I use xrandr at boot to set up my two screens.
However, I ...
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How do I set default brightness after boot?
Linux Mint 12 (64bit), on an Acer Aspire 7730g. Upon every boot, the screen brightness is set very very low. Easily fixed via the function keys, but still a very annoying thing to do after every boot. ...
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Determining if GPU switching works?
I have a 8,3 MacBook Pro with an onboard Radeon 6700M GPU alongside the integrated Intel Sandy Bridge GPU. I recently upgraded to FGLRX 8.930/12.1, and Catalyst Control Center seemed to look the same, ...
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Graphics in TTY
Something has come up which demands me to work only in command line. My primary job is programming (mostly in Fortran and Octave) and I need to display plots.
As a lame example:
I open octave and ...
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How to find out which X11 driver system is using?
How to find out which X11 driver system is using?
For my chip openchrome is the best driver but I suspect that system is not using it. I just need at least 2D acceleration.
How can I check?
Here is ...
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Linux 3D graphic libraries
What libraries can be used for 3D graphics on Linux? Are there big differences for 3D graphics programming between Linux and Windows?
I found about DirectX and OpenGl by searching, but I'm not sure ...
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Graphics glitch in Nautilus and XFCE Menu
I'm not sure if I gave this a good title, if anyone can think of a better one then please edit it! My menu and file manager icons look like this:
They sort of change when you put your mouse over ...
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Getting OpenGL to work under Ubuntu
I have an Intel graphics card, of which I can't tell whether or not it's being recognized. When I go through GUI to the System Info section, it states that my graphics card is unknown. Despite this, ...
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Image viewer for multiple images
Is there any image viewer (like eog) for linux which can do the following:
Show 2 (3 or 4) images of a directory with maximal possible sizes on one page at the same time. When I click "next", it ...
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Linux based tools for multiple TV channels (cable TV) digitization
I'm planning to start a service which archives TV video content (at low quality). I'm exploring what software and server setup will be needed.
The TV channels in the geography I'm looking at are ...
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Creating a GIF animation from PNG files
Is there a tool to create a gif animation from a set of png files?
I tried the convert command from the ImageMagick suite, but this doesn't always succeed. Also, I have several issues with this:
I ...
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Can't run certain fullscreen applications
I have a dual screen setup which I've configured by running this command at startup:
xrandr --output VGA-0 --auto --right-of DVI-0
I'm running OpenSuse 11.4 with dwm as my window manager. I can ...
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Eyecandy stuff that gets people's attention [closed]
I don't know if this is the right StackExchange site or a valid question at all, but seeing the success of this one I'll give it a try.
I'll be having a little unix/security stand with my friend on ...
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How to get xf86-video-ati work normally? [closed]
I've install Arch on my lenove z475 with AMD Radeon HD 6470M and HD 6520G, and I'v install xf86-video-ati, xorg, gnome3
But if I don't add "radeon.modeset=0", the screen goes black. If I add it, then ...
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Getting better resolution on OpenSolaris.2009.06?
I am running OpenSolaris.2009.06 on Dell PowerEdge T410 server (x86 machine). It has Matrox G200 video card. Currently I am getting a maximum of 1024 * 800 screen resolution. There is no xorg.conf ...
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Problem after ati driver installation
I've just installed the ati radeon drivers using the latest version on the ati site. Upon rebooting this has caused gnome 3 to fall back into a safe mode. My question boils down to how do I fix this ...
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10.10 and NVidia GeForce 6200 A-LE S-video TV Out
I'm using Elementary OS, and I have installed a video card with both VGA and S-video out. The VGA out to my display is working fine, but I need to mirror the image with the S-video out as well. ...
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KVM guest machine graphics problem
I'm new to KVM. I use the following way to create and start a guest KVM machine.
qemu-img create -f raw centos.img 100G
/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -hda ./centos.img -cdrom /usr/local/CentOS_5.6_Final.iso ...
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If I have a netbook, is the output of xrandr relevant for buying a large external monitor?
I have a netbook I want to use in order to do some video editing. I am planning to buy a bigger, wider screen. Presumably even if the wider screen runs in a different resolution than my netbook ...
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Linux support for new Sony Vaio Z external graphics card?
The new Sony Vaio Z series laptop comes with a media dock that has a USB connection (Light Peak) to an external AMD Radeon graphics card. What is the support for devices like this in Linux?
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help needed to decipher this Acer Aspire 4830TG ACPI code for Nvidia Optimus
I am trying to make sense of the following NVOP Method from the ACPI tables for an Acer Aspire 4830TG with an Nvidia Optimus hybrid graphics system. The NVOP method on top defines a bunch of ...
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How can I use my TV as a second display over HDMI on Linux at its native resolution?
My TV is a Philips 19PFL4322. It's native resolution is 1440x900 . My laptop's graphics card is a ATI Radeon HD 3650, using the open source radeon driver on X.org server 1.10.
If I connect them via ...
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How to check which GPU is active
I have 2 GPU's in my netbook. How do I know which one I'm actually using at any given moment?
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How to switch between GPU's
How can I switch between two GPU's on-the-fly using Ubuntu 11.04?
I have an Asus EEE1015PN intel N550 with two GPU's: GMA3150 and Nvidia ION2. For example Windows 7 will switch to the bigger CPU when ...
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Are there any distributions with a working on-the-fly hybrid graphics switcher?
vga_switcheroo is used in many distros (including Arch), but it would be nice to have real-time switching.
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“Unable to initialize SDL” error when trying to play games
When I run one of my games I get:
Unable to initialize SDL: No available video device
I think that this is due my built-in SIS graphics card, which doesn't have a driver. However, flash games ...
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OpenGL in Fedora as a VMWare guest under Windows 7
I installed Fedora 14 (64-bit) on a Windows 7 64 bits system, as a guest in VMWare. I can't use OpenGL support, Compiz and other openGL programs do not work. I searched on Google; I found solutions if ...
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Fedora 14 graphics issue
I have an HP 3031-et series laptop. My hardware is:
Intel i5 460M 3 GB DDR3 RAM
Graphic Cards: ATI READON 5650 HD and Intel HD Graphic
I installed Fedora 14 on my hardware, and after installation ...
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How to generate jpg thumbnails and browsable html pages from command line?
I am searching for a simple command line tool that takes a bunch of jpg files as input, copies them to some destination and generates some browsable html for it (including index page, preview ...
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Mutter and Intel GMA 4500MHD
I am trying to use Mutter with my Intel GMA 4500MHD (on my Thinkpad T400) in Debian Wheezy. However, it says:
Not using GLX TFP
and some effects get very slow.
How can I fix that?
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How do I configure my graphics drivers?
I'm running Linux Mint 9 gnome on a Toshiba Satellite A105-S4211
With this,
inxi -G Graphics: Card Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller X.Org 1.7.6 Res: ...
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Drawing a state machine from logs
I have logs in the following format:
03/22/2011 14:45:06;0001;PBS_Server;Svr;PBS_Server;svr_setjobstate: setting job 35707.arien.ics.muni.cz state from EXITING-RETURNSTD to EXITING-STAGEOUT (5-51)
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How do I choose a graphics card for Linux?
I'm building or buying a new Linux system, and I'm trying to select the best graphics card for my needs. How do I go about making this decision?
There's dozens of computer-gear review sites which ...
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What graphics card is “best” in 3D on Linux? [closed]
I've been wondering about this for a while and my usual resources don't seem to really know.
The base question is; which 3D card performs the best on Linux (any distro)?
But of course, the question ...
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Recommend a Linux Distribution for my use
I have no experience with Linux. I'm looking for a distribution which is beginner friendly. Ubuntu looks great.
My usage for this system will include web development, and possibly application ...
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What is the state of open-source Poulsbo/GMA 500 drivers?
Currently, a causal browse through a number of Linux distros show spotty Poulsbo drivers at best. Has any headway been made recently towards either convincing Intel to coax the driver source out of ...
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How is the linux graphics stack organised?
Can anybody explain(hopefully with a picture), how is the linux graphics stack organised? I hear all the time about X/GTK/GNOME/KDE etc., but I really don't have any idea what they actually do and how ...
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Problem with Fedora 14 after ATI Catalyst 10.11 Install
I followed the steps as given in this article.
After following all of the steps, ATI Catalyst was installed but when i boot my system, I get these options at GRUB:
GNU GRUB version 0.97
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Dragging of windows slow/laggy after installing ATI Radeon HF 4870 graphic drivers in Ubuntu 10.10 Gnome?
I recently installed ubuntu 10.10. Graphics were actually fine, by just using the default drivers, and I could drag windows fast and smoothly.
However, since I have an ATI Radeon HD4870 card I should ...
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Good graphics card for TV-Out
I am looking for a graphics card (AGP) with a TV-Out (SVideo or Composite) that is not a PITA with X. I guess it depends on the driver/X-Server.
The card needs to be small and should not have a huge ...
