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Originally Posted by cyberizzy /forum/post/12875975
I recently installed Mythbuntu7.1 on a Biostar TF7050-M2 mobo. I had to install in Safe Mode because it could not detect my graphics card. Since then, I have been unsuccessful in updating my graphics drivers.
Can someone point me to a graphics driver that will work with my setup.
Thanks in advance
Finally got around to installing my ECS 7050M-M board. Mythdora 4.0 and Knoppmyth R5F27 wouldn't work. Installed Mandriva 2008 and got myth working but the video just didn't work quite right. I could have probably fixed that, but I couldn't get the sound working right. Mythdora didn't have a problem with the sound, but couldn't get a display after loading and rebooting. I should point out that was using VGA, and the TV I have won't take standard 1280x720 on the vga port. Works fine in the HDMI port, but this cheap board is VGA only. I'd highly recommend a board with dvi or hdmi out to avoid this type of problem.
Finally gave up on the 3 distros I had and downloaded Mythbuntu 7.10. Thought I was going to have problems with it too since during the install the screen was a little flakey, but once it loaded the Nvidia driver everything worked great. When it booted with it, it came up in 1360x768 mode without a problem. It's also a hell of lot easier to setup a slave server with it. The one thing lacking was the firmware file for my old HDTV card, but that's nothing. There are a couple of things I don't like about it though. I can't get into root with it, but anyway, that's for another day. Bottom line is it worked, and fairly easy when the others wouldn't. Just hate to start on lirc for my serial ir receiver without root access. I hate sudo.
