Hi,

I installed ubuntu 9.04 on my laptop. I've previously installed 8.10 on my laptop and have had the ability to use all desktop effects. With 9.04 I can't.

Anybody have any suggestions to fix this? I can't believe the graphics card support would have decreased with a new version. My laptop is a lenovo n100. I've checked restricted drivers and am not using any.The graphics adapter is an Intel 945GM.

Thanks,

Jon

That will probably be the problem. “Restricted” here doesn't refer to technical ability of the driver but of the license terms attached to it. Most open source drivers work extremely well, but often lack support for drivers made by the manufacturers, who actually have access to the way that the graphics work.

You may need to install the intel drivers for the xorg server, a package named xserver-xorg-video-intel. You can do this through the GUI using Synaptic package manager, or from the command line using Before doing that, make sure that you have the “Restricted” repository enabled in System -> Administration -> Software Sources.

If you already have the driver installed, then you may need to reconfigure it. Try Finally, some graphics chipsets had disabled 3D support in Jaunty when it was first released, due to a bug in the xorg package that wasn't fixed in time. I believe that's now been fixed, so make sure that you have run the online update process.

Hi,

I tried the above in which unfortunately didn't work, the system was fully updated on all count with the restricted drivers selected. As a last ditch effort I thought I'd upgrade to karmic and I now have 3D support.

Not the best way to fix my laptop but it works.

Thanks for your help.