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Hardware - Support => Video Cards => Topic started by: Hardcoretexan on August 09, 2015, 05:52:38 PM
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New to Linux so please reply in baby steps(lol).
I have an inspirion 1525 which I installed linux lite on.
I downloaded some movies mp4, avi etc... and they used to play fine but for some reason(I don't play movies a lot on my laptop) they stopped playing instead the video would never start playing(just a frozen blurred screen). The audio played fine, so I downloaded several players to make sure it was not the program( I have handbrake, brasero, smplayer) none of them worked.
I found a site to reinstall drivers so i did the following.
1) First, you need to open up a terminal shell. You can either start up your computer and go to a virtual shell
Ctrl+Alt+F1
or login and open up the gnome terminal
Ctrl+Alt+t
2) Then In the terminal, run the following commands:
This command will refresh your packages
sudo apt-get update
Then you will need to install the linux headers if those are not already installed.
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic
Next, you will need to do a dist-upgrade, which upgrade some packages of your system
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
When that is all done, you will need to reboot your system
sudo reboot
The Installation of the Drivers
1) Repeat step one to open the terminal.
Now install the Nvidia drivers
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current-updates
You have one more step, or else, you will have a high chance that you just soft-bricked your system. For safe measures, run this final command:
sudo nvidia-xconfig
*There was a well known bug that the Nvidia installation script did not run that command. If that config file is not created, your graphics will not work.
Now reboot your system:
sudo reboot
Congratulations! You should now be using Nvidia Drivers.
Now I can play videos but my desktop settings are only 600x800 and the video is too large for the players screen. any help would be appreciated.
Greg
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I'm not sure if those instructions get to the core of your problem. Those instructions assume you have an NVIDIA graphics card. From what you're describing, I think you need to try this:
1) See if you have any Additional Driver options using Menu->Settings->Install Drivers. If there's nothing there for NVIDIA, then you don't have an NVIDIA card. If there is something listed there, then choose the NVIDIA proprietary tested one.
2) Have you installed Restricted Extras? You might have checked this option when installing Linux Lite, but I have found I still need to install it after the Linux Lite install is done. You can install the Restricted Extras using Lite Software at Menu->System->Lite Software.
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Ok I thought I had nvidia but maybe it was on a different computer. I used to have xp on this machine but switched to linux lite when they stopped supporting xp.
I ran the lite software and got the following error msg.
"Updating sources has failed.
Refer to /var/log/lite-software.log
for more information."
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Strangest thing happened, after I ran that I rebooted and my settings are back to 1280x800, I don't have any other options to change it but it is back to where it was.
GC
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Try this. Open up a terminal (Menu->Accessories->Terminal). Copy and paste in the following two lines, one at a time.
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
sudo apt-get update
Then try opening Lite Software (Menu->System->Lite Software).
If the above doesn't work, then try the following.
1) Reboot. (Menu->All->Turn Off Computer) and then select Restart.
2) After rebooting and you're back at your desktop, make sure no other window is opened and run Install Updates (Menu->Favorites->Install Updates).
3) When updates are done, close any windows associated with installing the updates.
4) Then try opening Lite Software (Menu->System->Lite Software).
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Now my desktop is back to normal but I cannot play any videos again, I tried wmv. avi and mp4s they all have sound but a blurred frozen video.
GC
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As I mentioned in an earlier post within this thread, it seems you need to install the Restricted Extras. They can be found in Lite Software.
You should also see if there are any Additional Driver options in the Install Drivers app.
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When I run lite software I still get the following error message
"Updating sources has failed.
Refer to /var/log/lite-software.log
for more information."
And I don't know what to do to correct this or how to view/correct this log.
GC
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I addressed that earlier in this thread.
Try this. Open up a terminal (Menu->Accessories->Terminal). Copy and paste in the following two lines, one at a time.
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
sudo apt-get update
Then try opening Lite Software (Menu->System->Lite Software).
If the above doesn't work, then try the following.
1) Reboot. (Menu->All->Turn Off Computer) and then select Restart.
2) After rebooting and you're back at your desktop, make sure no other window is opened and run Install Updates (Menu->Favorites->Install Updates).
3) When updates are done, close any windows associated with installing the updates.
4) Then try opening Lite Software (Menu->System->Lite Software).
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I did this again and got the same results after running the lite software I got the error msg."Updating sources has failed.
Refer to /var/log/lite-software.log
for more information."
Also after running the two commands seperately in the terminal I had this error msg.
"W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
"
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Have you tried uninstalling Openshot?
sudo apt-get purge openshot
Or have you tried going into Software & Updates (Menu->All->Software & Updates) and unchecking those http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/...... entries under the Other Software tab?
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If you can get the Install/Remove Software app to open (Menu->System->Install/Remove Software), you can uninstall Openshot that way, too. Within Install/Remove Software, search for openshot. Mark for removal anything with the word openshot in the package name. Then apply your changes.
* When done, close that window.
* Reboot
* Run Install Updates to see if it runs cleanly.
* If it does, then Lite Software may open cleanly.
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removed openshot, rebooted, ran updates still get the error msg. when I run lite software.
"Updating sources has failed.
Refer to /var/log/lite-software.log
for more information."
and lite software never opens.
GC
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Sorry I'm just now seeing your latest response. Are you still getting the Failed to fetch errors on those ppa lines? If so, can you uncheck the related entries in your Update Sources?
Go to Software & Updates (Menu->All->Software & Updates). Uncheck those http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/...... entries under the Other Software tab. Just the ones relating to openshot.
If you can't get Lite Software to open after that, then for added measure, can you post that lite-software.log file?
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I unchecked the only file pertaining to openshot and ran lite software.
It gave me options to install or uninstall and exit. I exited and ran updates first.
I ran updates and then lite software, restricted extras was already installed but I installed it again, rebooted and still cannot view movies.
GC
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Ok. You're now able to get to Lite Software. So that's some progress. And you can use Lite Software to reinstall Openshot whenever you'd like.
What are you using to view movies? Is it VLC?
Do you really have 256MB of RAM as listed in your forum profile?
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I have 2 gb of ram(don't know how 256 got there) and I have tried winff,
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2GB should be fine if you're on 32bit version of LL. I am somewhat familiar with WinFF. I thought it was more of a converter than a player? What are you using to play the videos?
I had a problem with video using VLC Media Player at one time. When I fiddled with the Video Preferences (under the Tools menu), I was able to overcome my issue.
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I just downloaded vlc and they play fine now.
Thanks for taking the time to help me.
Hope yo have a blessed day
Greg
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That's cool. VLC comes pre-loaded with LL, so maybe it got uninstalled at some point.