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ebuckley

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#14831 23-Jul-2007 05:30
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hi, i have just installed kubuntu and i am having trouble getting the video drivers to work correctly the display is showing the typical signs off faulty video drivers such as text not showing random charachters and not letters and incorrect colours. any help would be greatly appreciated :)

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pando
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  #79250 23-Jul-2007 08:58
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Had similar problem, use the ubuntu forums, installing ubuntu 7 fixed my problems.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?s=cd560b71d6e15ca38cd28f25a7d383b2&t=301499



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  #80081 28-Jul-2007 01:21
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Ubuntu 7.04 has a great system for installing proprietary drivers if you need them, otherwise, if you wish to stay in dapper consider using automatix to install the nvidia driver.

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