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Can anyone suggest or recomend a suitable Graphics drive? I can only find these for Windows OS. lspci gives VGA info:

 VIA Technologies KM400/KN400/P4M800 S3 Unichrome (rev 01)

When running "Try Ubuntu without installing" from a UnetBootin USB stick or booting from a clean Ubuntu Hard Disk install the screen "The system is running in low graphics mode" is displayed, from which there is no recovery. Pressing Enter (OK) displays a further 4 options but none can be selected with either mouse or keyboard. During an install (twice now) all graphics display perfectly.

mikewhatever
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Neil Duncan
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IMHO, Ubuntu is not a good candidate for old hardware, try Xubuntu instead. It's less pretty, but should run snappier, and it also doesn't need recent OpenGL enabled graphics with a decent driver support.

VIA's graphics are known to have bad reputation in the Linux world. There are a least two drivers, both incomplete, and porly maintained. If the AGP slot on the board works, it's worth getting an Nvidia card, even something like FX5200.

Searching for a driver for computer X, downloading an installation file, doubleclicking, and going through a wizard is something you'd do with Windows. Linux doesn't have that, in fact, graphics drivers in linux are a mess with various components, not always compatible with each other, worked on by different devs, not easily installable or upgradable, etc.

mikewhatever
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