[clug] Head up for those thinking of Ubunty Jaunty with older ATI cards

Robert Edwards bob at cs.anu.edu.au
Tue Apr 28 01:45:10 GMT 2009


Chris Smart wrote:
> 2009/4/28 Ian Bardsley <ifb777 at tpg.com.au>:
>> G'Day
>>
>> Thanks Andrew
>>
>> A similar problem also appears to exist with some Intel chipsets too.  I
>> tried the release candidate on my Acer note book with similar results.
>>  Haven't had an opportunity to try the final release yet but will comment
>> agin when I have if the problem still exists.
> 
> There are newer X drivers available in the PPA, which might fix some
> problems for you.
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-x/2009-April/000518.html
> 
> -c

PPA is "Personal Package Archives" (according to wikipedia). I have
never seen this term before. You learn something new every day.

Cheers,

Bob Edwards.


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