I recently purchased a Toshiba Satellite M305 and I installed Kubuntu 8.10. The install went smoothly and I seem to have a high level of functionality. Still getting used to everything of course, but my install seems a little buggy. It seems as though I experience lag when typing and graphical lag / errors periodically for a few seconds at a time. I suppose it is attributed to lack of driver support, anything I can do to help?
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Re: Kubuntu 8.10 on a Satellite M305
Hi. One thing would be to disable "Desktop Effects" for now in System Settings, if they are on. The other would be, yes, see if you can install a better graphics driver. Do you see anything in "hardware drivers", in the System menu? Another option is to try to use Envy NG. What graphics card do you have? -
Re: Kubuntu 8.10 on a Satellite M305
You could also try leaving the desktop effects on but going to the advance tab and turning off the v sync, this helped me.
Noel Vh++Noel Vh++<br />Desktop support Lv II, III<br />Large Pharma company<br />New Jersey USAComment
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Re: Kubuntu 8.10 on a Satellite M305
It seems as though disabling the effects has helped speed things up considerably, thanks. I have an Intel integrated GPU I think GMA 965, I can't remember. Is there anything like GPU-Z or similar for Linux? I can't seem to find a device manager esque function within Kubuntu.Comment
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