Live CD X autoconfiguration

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 02:11:46PM -0800, Daniel Robitaille wrote:

> > This also makes the live CD a great way to get a preview of some of the new
> > features available in the Hoary desktop, without changing your Warty system.
> > 
> > Check it out here:
> > 
> > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/
> > 
> > Let us know how it works for you.
> 
> here or on the bugzilla?
> 
> In my case it booted but gdm didn't start properly; that left me in a
> barely working console window (with the gdm error visible in another
> virtual console).  Then I had to manually stop gdm, modify xorg.conf,
> and then restart gdm to get it to work.
> 
> 
> A look at the xorg.conf file the Live CD created shows 2 problems on my machine:
> 
> *)  my gdm problem was related to this error: "Unable to find a valid
> framebuffer device".  It seems the LiveCD initialization erroneously
> set "UseFBDev" to true in the xorg.conf file.  (my graphic card in an
> old Matrox Millenimum II card)

This is the same problem that I noted in my message with regard to nVidia
devices; it seems to have broader effects than I realized.

> *) monitor was not recognized.  That's an old Warty problem 
> (https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2015) that was found not
> fixable for Warty (but a maybe for Hoary)

There isn't very much that we can do if your monitor doesn't provide enough
information; you should be asked a question in this case, and be able to
select the appropriate video modes.

-- 
 - mdz