Two ubuntus, one doesn't display

[alex]

Vincente Aggrippino wrote:

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> On 5/1/07, *Rashkae* <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com 
> <mailto:ubuntu at tigershaunt.com>> wrote:
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>     alex wrote:
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>     > I suspect that the version that shows that notice has screen
>     settings
>     > set to some frequency that's not acceptable by the LCD monitor.
>     >
>     > However, if I press Ctrl, Alt and F1, the screen does display a
>     command
>     > request in terminal mode.  I suspect that if I could enter the
>     proper
>     > commands, I could change the screen settings to something that
>     would be
>     > acceptable to the monitor.
>     >
>
>     Login from the terminal mode console you found.  Use command:
>
>     sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>
>
>     will create new settings for Xserver.  You should be able to
>     accept all
>     default values to the prompts.  I think either --priority=medium or
>     --priority=high will just auto-generate the configuration without
>     asking
>     you anything (same as a fresh install)
>
>
> I recently had a very similar situation.  dpkg-reconfigure was the 
> solution for me as well.  If you're a stickler for detail,  like I am, 
> you may want to answer all of those prompts with the specific values 
> your monitor uses.  You should be able to find them in the 
> specifications section of your monitor's manual, near the back.
>
> If you've already run the command with the default values, that's 
> okay.  You can run dpkg-reconfigure as often as you want.  Just 
> remember you'll have to restart your X-server after you run it.
>
>     --
>
>
I ran dpkg-reconfigure on the UBUNTU that displays properly to see what
the settings are and then ran dpkg-reconfigure on the defective UBUNTU 
and used those setting.  Both UBUNTUs are now displayed properly.

Thanks for the assist.

alex

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