ATI, Nvidia, Intel, Matrox, or even those of you using Voodoo graphics cards are going to have either some issues or no issues at all. A majority of these cards may not offer rendering support without the use of what is known as a binary or restricted driver. ATI and Nvidia both require binary drivers for accelerated rendering support. Integrated Intel cards, when paired with a wide screen display normally need an extra utility in order to achieve proper resolutions and refresh rates. These options will be explained further in the following subsections.
Para mais informação acerca de placas gráficas pode ser encontrada no Sítio de Documentação da comunidade Ubuntu em https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Video.
Included with your new Kubuntu system is the Restricted Manager which allows you to easily install the ATI Radeon™ binary or restricted drivers.
Procedimento 1. ATI Radeon restricted driver installation
Open System Settings by going to → .
Once in System Settings the Advanced tab at the top.
Restricted Drivers icon.
theAdministrator Mode... button. When prompted for a password, enter your user password followed by the OK button.
theSelect the ATI accelerated graphics driver if it has the Not in use Status.
When prompted with the Enable the Driver? - KDE Control Module dialog, Enable Driver button.
theAdept will launch to install the driver. When the driver installation is complete, you should notice the Needs computer restart Status.
Close button.
theReboot your computer by going to → and the Restart icon.
Included with your new Kubuntu system is the Restricted Manager which allows you to easily install the NVIDIA GeForce™ binary or restricted drivers.
Procedimento 2. NVIDIA GeForce restricted driver installation
Open System Settings by going to → .
Once in System Settings the Advanced tab at the top.
Restricted Drivers icon.
theAdministrator Mode... button. When prompted for a password, enter your user password followed by the OK button.
theSelect the NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver if it has the Not in use Status.
When prompted with the Enable the Driver? - KDE Control Module dialog, Enable Driver button.
theAdept will launch to install the driver. When the driver installation is complete, you should notice the Needs computer restart Status.
Close button.
theReboot your computer by going to → and the Restart icon.
Algumas placas gráficas Intel irão requerer uma aplicação para poderem atingir as resoluções e taxas de refrescamento correctas. A aplicação 915resolution irá corrigir quaisquer problemas de resolução que possa ter após a instalação do Kubuntu. Simplesmente, instale o pacote 915resolution (leia as instruções de instalação Adding Applications) e reinicíe o ambiente gráfico pressionando Ctrl+Alt+Backspace. A resolução deverá, agora, estar convenientemente configurada.