Hi,

I think the problem with your graphics card is similar to the one you had with the network controller, i.e., that the hardware you have is too new for the kernel / distro version you're running. You might consider upgrading your kernel to a newer version if you want to stay with the LTS version you have (10.04). The next LTS will be 12.04 if I'm right, but that's a long time to wait. What kernel are you running? Check with:
Kind regards,

Eric

Linux lowrider-desktop 2.6.32-33-server #71-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 20 17:42:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Hello,

I would upgrade to a newer kernel if I were you. A bit of searching told me that 2.6.35 is also available for Ubuntu LTS 10.04. At least with that kernel you'll have support for your Cougar Point chipset. You could follow the instructions as indicated in this webpage. The advantage is that you can try out the new kernel, see if it fixes your problems and stay with it if it does. If it doesn't fix your issues you can just boot in your previous kernel without issues.

Kind regards,

Eric

Hi,

Is there i big difference between the kernels?

Hi,

There are always differences, more hardware that gets supported from within the default kernel so that one doesn't have to compile/install additional things, bugs that get fixed, etc. The best place to look for differences is www.kernel.org. Click on the changelog link to find out what was added/removed/fixed on that specific kernel version. You could also look at kernelnewbies.org for more 'readable' information, for example this page for 2.6.35.

Kind regards,

Eric

Hei again,

I installed it but when i used uname -a command it didn't change yet.
Do i have to untar it or reboot?

Hello,

Hard to tell with that little information

What did you do? Which commands did you run or what guide did you follow? Normally if you installed / upgraded your kernel using apt-get you should have booted the latest kernel on reboot. If you're still using the same kernel then you haven't completed the procedure correctly.

Kind regards,

Eric

I followed this procedure:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic-lts-backport-natty linux-image-generic-lts-backport-natty

Hi,

Can you run the following command in a terminal and post the output to see if your new kernel has been installed?
Kind regards,

Eric

total 61776
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 645813 2010-09-16 20:24 abi-2.6.32-24-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 646334 2011-07-20 20:12 abi-2.6.32-33-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 646454 2011-07-20 20:27 abi-2.6.32-33-server
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 730457 2011-07-07 01:38 abi-2.6.38-10-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 110458 2010-09-16 20:24 config-2.6.32-24-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 110578 2011-07-20 20:12 config-2.6.32-33-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 110687 2011-07-20 20:27 config-2.6.32-33-server
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 130333 2011-07-07 01:38 config-2.6.38-10-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2011-08-08 08:58 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8344608 2011-08-07 22:34 initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8377640 2011-08-07 22:36 initrd.img-2.6.32-33-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8285494 2011-08-08 03:09 initrd.img-2.6.32-33-server
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9058940 2011-08-08 08:58 initrd.img-2.6.38-10-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 160280 2010-03-23 10:40 memtest86+.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2154635 2010-09-16 20:24 System.map-2.6.32-24-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2156784 2011-07-20 20:12 System.map-2.6.32-33-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2178382 2011-07-20 20:27 System.map-2.6.32-33-server
-rw------- 1 root root 2618598 2011-07-07 01:38 System.map-2.6.38-10-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1336 2010-09-16 20:28 vmcoreinfo-2.6.32-24-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1336 2011-07-20 20:14 vmcoreinfo-2.6.32-33-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1336 2011-07-20 20:29 vmcoreinfo-2.6.32-33-server
-rw------- 1 root root 1355 2011-07-07 01:46 vmcoreinfo-2.6.38-10-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4050848 2010-09-16 20:24 vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4050432 2011-07-20 20:12 vmlinuz-2.6.32-33-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4107552 2011-07-20 20:27 vmlinuz-2.6.32-33-server
-rw------- 1 root root 4528784 2011-07-07 01:38 vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic

Hi,

And what's the output of
Kind regards,

Eric

2.6.32-33-server

Hello,

Can you check in your grub.cfg that there is a menuentry for your new kernel? Not sure that 10.04 is already using grub2, so might be that the file is called grub.conf instead of grub.cfg.
Kind regards,

Eric

Hei,

I rebooted the system and i got better resolution from 800:600 to 1920:1080.
But i still need drivers for graphic card and visual effects. My kernel is 2.6.38.10 generic.
I downloaded nividia drivers which were on the link you sent me but after rebooting nvidia drivers crashed.

Lowriderzxxx

Help me out guys and thanks for your replies.