ATI, Nvidia, Intel, Matrox, or even those of you using Voodoo graphics cards are going to have either some issues or no issues at all. A majority of these cards may not offer rendering support without the use of what is known as a binary or restricted driver. ATI and Nvidia both require binary drivers for accelerated rendering support. Integrated Intel cards, when paired with a wide screen display normally need an extra utility in order to achieve proper resolutions and refresh rates. These options will be explained further in the following subsections.
Further information for video cards can be located on the Ubuntu community documentation site at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Video.
Included with your new Kubuntu system is the Restricted Manager which allows you to easily install the ATI Radeon™ binary or restricted drivers.
Procedură 1. ATI Radeon restricted driver installation
Open System Settings by going to → .
Once in System Settings the Advanced tab at the top.
Restricted Drivers icon.
thethe button. When prompted for a password, enter your user password followed by the button.
Select the ATI accelerated graphics driver if it has the Not in use Status.
When prompted with the Enable the Driver? - KDE Control Module dialog,
the button.Adept will launch to install the driver. When the driver installation is complete, you should notice the Needs computer restart Status.
the button.
Reboot your computer by going to → and the Restart icon.
Included with your new Kubuntu system is the Restricted Manager which allows you to easily install the NVIDIA GeForce™ binary or restricted drivers.
Procedură 2. NVIDIA GeForce restricted driver installation
Open System Settings by going to → .
Once in System Settings the Advanced tab at the top.
Restricted Drivers icon.
thethe button. When prompted for a password, enter your user password followed by the button.
Select the NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver if it has the Not in use Status.
When prompted with the Enable the Driver? - KDE Control Module dialog,
the button.Adept will launch to install the driver. When the driver installation is complete, you should notice the Needs computer restart Status.
the button.
Reboot your computer by going to → and the Restart icon.
Anumite plăci video de la Intel solicită o aplicaţie pentru a obţine setările corecte de rezoluţie şi rata de împrospătare. Aplicaţia 915resolution va rezolva toate problemele care ţin de rezoluţie după instalarea Kubuntu. Doar instalaţi pachetul 915resolution (vezi Adding Applications documentaţia pentru instrucţiuni de instalare) apoi restartaţi Kubuntu apăsând Ctrl+Alt+Backspace. Rezoluţia ar trebui acum să fie configurată corect.