new linux user having probs w/ dominions

[Omnirizon]

well, I was sifting through synaptic packages and noticed I don't have the open source versions of the ati drivers installed (what's it running off of then?) I installed them and things were worse than with proprietary!!! w/ ati's drivers it would just hang up during a reawaken, with the open source ones (I assume they were since they were gotten through synaptic and not by enabling the restricted driver in hardware driver manager) Ubuntu wouldn't load up at all!

since Ubuntu wouldn't load, I had the option of starting a root shell. I did that and used aptitude to uninstall the offending drivers; it booted right up then.

Also, I found this: http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubu....2FHibernation
apparently the issue with reawakining is very common. It seems there's some steps to fix it. I'll give it a try, see if it works, and then see if it helps dominions.

I wonder if updating the BIOS to the most recent version would help? I just put the machine together and have too busy with school to play with it much.

[lch]

Originally Posted by Omnirizon

well, I was sifting through synaptic packages and noticed I don't have the open source versions of the ati drivers installed (what's it running off of then?)

You shouldn't necessarily use the open source drivers called "ati", as the performance for those depend on particular chipsets, in your case the "radeon" drivers might be better. You should better ask around the Ubuntu community for more help.