Display problems. Big graphics

Probably a problem with the nvidia-driver you have installed.

Try to remove it and install it again. Boot into Ubuntu normally , even in low graphics and open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and I hope you can see to write the commands below

sudo apt-get purge nvidia-*
sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
sudo nvidia-xonfig

Then reboot your system.

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You are still having a problem:
sudo apt-get purge nvidia-*
sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

ALL above worked OK

sudo nvidia-xonfig <<<<< This did not

Can you help please?

Here is part of what was in terminal:-

DKMS: install completed.
Setting up nvidia-settings (295.33-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-36-generic
richard@richard-desktop:~$ sudo nvidia-xonfig
sudo: nvidia-xonfig: command not found
richard@richard-desktop:~$

Yes , that was my bad.

The correct command is

sudo nvidia-xconfig

It will create a file that nvidia graphics driver needs , a file inside /etc/X11/ folder , called xorg.conf

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Please could tell me how to check graphics driver version that I have installed.

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What is the output of:

sudo dmidecode -t 1; sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | grep nvidia

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richard@richard-desktop:~$ sudo dmidecode -t 1; sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a;
[sudo] password for richard:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for richard:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for richard:
# dmidecode 2.11
SMBIOS 2.3 present.

Handle 0x0100, DMI type 1, 25 bytes
System Information
 Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
 Product Name: Dimension 2400
 Version: Not Specified
 Serial Number: 8SMMX0J
 UUID: 44454C4C-5300-104D-804D-B8C04F58304A
 Wake-up Type: Power Switch

  *-display UNCLAIMED
       description: Display controller
       product: 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 01
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:d0000000-d7ffffff memory:feb80000-febfffff
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: NV44A [GeForce 6200]
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 4
       bus info: pci@0000:01:04.0
       version: a1
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nvidia latency=248 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5
       resources: irq:16 memory:fc000000-fcffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:fd000000-fdffffff memory:fea00000-fea1ffff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Linux richard-desktop 3.2.0-36-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 8 21:41:24 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
richard@richard-desktop:~$

Does the system have an onboard GPU?

It standard Dell 2400 Dimension + 1GB ram + Nvidia Graphic card.

Here it seems as you have dual card.. intel & Nvidia.

You must use bumblebee project to enable the dicreat card.. (nvidia)

If you want to see the version of driver then ..

dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia

and you will see, or give the output back here.

To install bumblebee see the instructions here
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee

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I have only one card fitted, are you saying that there is an intel GPU "on board" the main PCB?

Yes, if you can, disable it in BIOS

Not sure how to do this.

Would I Change "Primary Video Controller:- ONBOARD or AUTO ?

OR I am in the wrong area ?

First I type terminal:- sudo apt-get update

richard@richard-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package bumblebee
E: Unable to locate package bumblebee-nvidia
richard@richard-desktop:~$

 ?

I think the correct option is AUTO. The ONBOARD graphics card should be Intel.

Have you added the repository correctly ? Check again the site..

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Well it seams that I have installed Bumblebee OK.

I have a number of problems:-

1/ VLC starts but is stuck at start and will not run, just the first frame is frozen.

2/ Can't remove VLC icon's from top of screen.

3/ The picture is less saturated colour.

4/ I can stream from the BBC web site OK

Any advise please.

Rich.b

Try

optirun vlc

and see if plays better , maybe vlc wants configuration ? See the settings..

If your graphics display is ok now , then your primary problem is solved..

VLC is one program and maybe it needs some configuration to work well. Try smplayer also. (is like VLC).

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Tried optirun vlc

and this what happened

richard@richard-desktop:~$ optirun vlc
[ 217.219670] [ERROR]The Bumblebee daemon has not been started yet or the socket path /var/run/bumblebee.socket was incorrect.
[ 217.219770] [ERROR]Could not connect to bumblebee daemon - is it running?
richard@richard-desktop:~$

Works OK with SMPLAYER thanks.

How would I set up VLC to it work, just out interest ?

Rich.b

Thanks NikTh, that solved my question.