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  1. 09-09-2010 #1
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    Blank Screen

    I am using ubuntu 10.04 and after installing some programs using the package manager i try to open the program and all i get is the title bar and a blank white screen. i searched the forums and found a thread from awhile back saying to create a new user and see if it persists. i tried that and it does the same thing in the new user. one in particular is gnucash. the program sometimes works but the tutorial does the white screen. i also reinstalled the package several times with no luck. other packages do the same thing like thunderbird.


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    Which Graphics Card do you have? Have you updated kernel recently? One must re-install Graphics Driver after every kernel update.
    There could be another reason too but most likely, it looks like Graphics Card problem only.
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    Graphics card

    I have an on board graphics. integrated in the VIA DeltaChrome graphics GPU supports up to 256mb shared memory. where can i adjust the shared memory? bios? not sure in linux.
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    You can adjust share memory in BIOS only. Try to reduce share memory to minimum and check if there is any performance difference.
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    changing graphic card settings

    It seems like it might be a little slower but not really any change after setting the shared memory to minimum. what would be a good graphics card brand to get that is not that expensive?
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    Which Motherboard do you have? Post your machine's specs here.
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    Motherboard

    I have a Asus M2V-MX <GREEN>

    Ubuntu 10.04 32bit

    AMD athlon 64 bit dual core not sure of the specifics of the cpu

    I had mandriva 2009 installed before switching to ubuntu and it worked fine. the newer version i tried on live cd and had the same problems as i do with the new ubuntu
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    graphics card

    I just ordered a graphics card so i will try that. I should get it by end of next week. i will post everything here after that with success or failure. thank you so much for all your help.
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    Which Graphics Card did you order?
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    video card

    I ordered an ASUS Geforce 8400GS PCI-E 2.0 512 MB DDR2 Graphics Card EN8400GS Silent/P/512M.
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