Hi, I'm very new to the Unix system and I've installed Kubuntu on my Dell XPS M1530 laptop.
So the story is that after installing, I wanted to install the Nvidia driver for 3D things. I don't know where it came from or what. I just clicked on additional drivers, or additional hardware and it showed that it recommended to install the Nvidia drivers. Once I installed it, I restarted and now the problem shows up.
The problem is, I was given this laptop as a gift as the previous owner had destroyed the screen. However the VGA output still works and I simply put it to an external monitor. The problem is after the installation, the bootup screen appears on the external but when it goes into login the screen is than rerouted to the Laptop Screen (I can tell because theres a small window that still works on the screen but the rest of the screen doesn't show anything but the backlight). When I close the lid it just doesn't go to the external like it did before.
I installed kubuntu on the laptop with Vista. So when I load the computer Grub's bootloader shows up. Is it possible to fix this problem without having to reinstall kubuntu? I just downloaded and updated it to the latest version and it took so much time, I'd rather not redo it all. I was going around through the bootloader and I went into recovery mode, and then into root shell or something. I'm guessing this is the terminal, so is it possible to fix this through that? I was also reading things where I can edit a config file so that I can properly use the externals, however I don't know what commands to type in and whatever I copy from what I see just doesn't work. So I'm wondering if this root shell thing isn't really the terminal.
Anyway, SO, If I do need to reinstall kubuntu, what I do want is to have the nvidia drivers so that it can support 3D displays. However I will never be able to use the primary screen on the laptop since its broken. Help Please? I'm very new to the Unix system.
Info about computer,
Dell XPS-M1530
Graphics card: Geforce 8600M GT with 256 MB GDDR3
intel chipset
Thats all I can think of that would be related, I can't imagine that you would need any other info.
Also, my kubuntu was 11.04 and I recently updated to 11.10 ocelot or whatever.
So the story is that after installing, I wanted to install the Nvidia driver for 3D things. I don't know where it came from or what. I just clicked on additional drivers, or additional hardware and it showed that it recommended to install the Nvidia drivers. Once I installed it, I restarted and now the problem shows up.
The problem is, I was given this laptop as a gift as the previous owner had destroyed the screen. However the VGA output still works and I simply put it to an external monitor. The problem is after the installation, the bootup screen appears on the external but when it goes into login the screen is than rerouted to the Laptop Screen (I can tell because theres a small window that still works on the screen but the rest of the screen doesn't show anything but the backlight). When I close the lid it just doesn't go to the external like it did before.
I installed kubuntu on the laptop with Vista. So when I load the computer Grub's bootloader shows up. Is it possible to fix this problem without having to reinstall kubuntu? I just downloaded and updated it to the latest version and it took so much time, I'd rather not redo it all. I was going around through the bootloader and I went into recovery mode, and then into root shell or something. I'm guessing this is the terminal, so is it possible to fix this through that? I was also reading things where I can edit a config file so that I can properly use the externals, however I don't know what commands to type in and whatever I copy from what I see just doesn't work. So I'm wondering if this root shell thing isn't really the terminal.
Anyway, SO, If I do need to reinstall kubuntu, what I do want is to have the nvidia drivers so that it can support 3D displays. However I will never be able to use the primary screen on the laptop since its broken. Help Please? I'm very new to the Unix system.
Info about computer,
Dell XPS-M1530
Graphics card: Geforce 8600M GT with 256 MB GDDR3
intel chipset
Thats all I can think of that would be related, I can't imagine that you would need any other info.
Also, my kubuntu was 11.04 and I recently updated to 11.10 ocelot or whatever.
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