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    Has anybody put Ubuntu 8.10 on a M1530 with the 8400GS card?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by mr.rhtuner, Jan 26, 2009.

  1. mr.rhtuner

    mr.rhtuner Notebook Consultant

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    Hey everybody, I've searched google and I've been trying to figure out if my new Dell M1530 will run Ubuntu at full graphic settings with the following unit specs.


    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T6600 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
    4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)
    High Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch LCD(1440x900)
    128MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8400M GS



    I have a older desktop with a Athlon xp2400+ proecessor, 1 gig of ram and a old ATI 128mb Radeon 8500LE card and I wasn't able to run Ubuntu 8.10 with all the full graphic interface.


    Any ideas? Just wondering if it will, if not I'll have to change my order.


    Thank you
     
    mr.rhtuner, Jan 26, 2009
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    Bog Losing it...

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    Well the graphics are not an issue that drivers me nuts, but the touch pad
     
    mar_tin1, Jan 26, 2009
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    Perhaps you could create a thread in the Linux section and someone will help you out.
     
    Bog, Jan 26, 2009
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    Dont need to now i need to get XP working, Vista sucks
     
    mar_tin1, Jan 26, 2009
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    Use Envyng To Get Nvidia Drivers Working. It's Easy.
     
    newtr0n, Jan 26, 2009
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