Can someone help i have been on the forum all week trying to get help with a sound/graphic problem. I have an asus board with via k8m890 chipset, audiopci sound card, athlon 64, gig ram running xubuntu server. My sound works on my other os xp but i cant get drivers from asus for the graphics which is a real pain.

So much of a pain it may force me to use windows more than linux and i had planned to make xubuntu my favoured os. I do not want to give up on linux but i am spending too much time trying to work out how to install downloaded files (not in synaptic). I am confident enough to use linux but find it too much trouble although i know it's a better os, this keeps me onside.

I also use apt-get and terminal with ease but cant find answers to the problem. I have the vendor cd too but i'm unsure as to how to run it. Being a linux newbie i hoped i would not have these problems and had heard rave reviews from friends, colleagues. The read me on the cd was a bit vague but i perseverd to no avail to install from cd.

The graphics are enabled in the bios and sound card is picked up in device manager but doesnt work. I know the open source community does not have the coffers to throw into development but i had hoped for an easier transition to a better os.

Many thanks in advance.