Re: xorg problems on new machine



--- On Mon, 8/3/09, Jaime Tarrant <jaime.tarrant.l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Jaime Tarrant <jaime.tarrant.l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: xorg problems on new machine
To: ubuntu-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, August 3, 2009, 6:58 PM
* Leonard Chatagnier (lenc5570@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
wrote:

--- On Mon, 8/3/09, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

From: Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: xorg problems on new machine
To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general
discussions" <ubuntu-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, August 3, 2009, 5:31 PM

Wade Smart wrote:
I have a new shuttle with a radeon hd 4650
graphics card.
The computer started out great but my screen was
not correct so I put
in the values I had used on 8.04 (Im on 9.04
now).
Well, that was a mistake as now my screen is
fraked.

I tried going through the cmd prompt and deleting
the file I
configured and then going with the original file
but, its not working.

When the computer starts up all I see is a screen
of noise.

I have been reading a bit on this but Im just not
sure what course to take now.

Wade


Registered Linux User: #480675
Linux since June 2005

     The fast fix is to reload your 9.04 and then
when back to at least a
usable screen ask about other ways to fix it.

karl

Even faster, if it works and has always for me, is to
boot up in recovery mode(second entry for your kernel in
menu.lst) and when the Gui menu finishes loading select
xfix(may be off screen so scroll down if you don't see it),
let it finish running and when the Gui comes up again select
continue booting or something to that effect.  If it works
you will get the xlogin screen and just sign in.  This is
much quicker to try before reinstalling period.  AAMOF,
it's rarely necessary to reinstall.  BTW, you should never
delete a program file in Ubuntu;  much better to purge it
and leave no config files to mess up things.   HTHs and
perhaps save you some time.

Len

What about trying to load X with no xorg.conf at all? The
latest
versions of xorg often load successfully without one.


Good point, didn't think of it myself-;))
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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