Video Mode Issue - Ubuntu 11.04 and Sandy Bridge

[Stephen]

On 11-05-09 03:43 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> The VESA bios for intel's new video cores seems buggy at the moment
> (I have spent plenty of time lately dealing with the buggy Phoenix VESA
> bios it uses).
>
> This makes the vesa driver not work properly.  Of course since there is
> no native driver for linux yet (I saw a claim one should be out by
> september), you have a problem.
>
>>
>> Perhaps a cheap video card in the interim?
> Yeah that would help a lot.
>
Off to Canada Computers for a video card

Now, can I just install the card, adjust the BIOS and boot, or do I need 
to adjust Ubuntu's settings first?

Thanks

Stephen
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