Graphic gibberish in a S3 Super Savage/IX

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I installed Ubuntu 12.04 using the Windows installer on a Toshiba Tecra 9100 (vintage ~2002) with Windows XP Professional. When I boot to Ubuntu, the screen image is a mess indicating some sort of graphics problem. I tried to post a picture, but my reputation is not high enough.With the messed up graphics nothing is usable right from the start. The graphics processor is an AGP 4x - S3 Super Savage/IXC - 16MB.

Do you have any suggestions? Am I doomed to having a paperweight?

P.S. Computer has 512MB of memory

Have you tried other flavor? It happens when you use a LiveCD/USB? — Braiam, Dec 14 '13 at 22:35

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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Ubuntu 12.04 will not run on this machine: What are the system requirements for each flavour of Ubuntu Desktop. Try Lubuntu. Even then, you should consider adding memory.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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answered Dec 14 '13 at 22:32

Pavel

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I have 512MB of memory – user221730 Dec 15 '13 at 15:47
So Lubuntu will work but you must be careful with memory usage (processes in the background, number of browser tabs opened at the same time etc.) – Pavel Dec 15 '13 at 16:01

Graphic gibberish in a S3 Super Savage/IX

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