Newbie here with ATI card

[SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux]

Hi, 
here is one more newbie struggling with the ATI card settings ;-)

I already tried xrandr & urandr:
xrandr (command line) shows quite well
urander (GUI) ends with error / already reported to the author

"aticonfig"
It shows "not installed" and I am downloading now ;-)

How shall I set for my configuration:
Notebook Thinkpad w/ATi Radeon 7500: 1400x1050
docked: external Belina 17.40.10 TFT 1280x1024

Advice and guidance is hot awaited & appreciated ;-))

Cheers. svobi




On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 16:38 -0600, debian wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 23:20 +0100, Nelson Montague wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> > 
> > This is Nelson,
> > >From Texas
> > 
> > New to Linux, new to Ubuntu, and new to this list! Welcome everybody!
> > 
> > I have an ATI Radeon 9600 RV 350 card... and the problem is I cannot
> > do Gutsy to run it above 60Hz.
> > 
> > I installed the recommended restricted ATI driver,
> > 
> > I als o found this resource
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FixVideoResolutionHowto
> > 
> > Changed my monitor refresh rate in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> > to 30-96 from the previous 30-70
> > 
> > Then I went down to the section "ATI - Refresh Rate & Resolution QuickFix"
> > 
> > Applied the recommended changes:
> > 
> > sudo  aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
> > sudo  aticonfig --resolution=1600x1200,1280x1024,1024x768
> > sudo  aticonfig --force-monitor=crt1,notv
> > 
> > The second one,
> > sudo  aticonfig --resolution=1600x1200,1280x1024,1024x768
> > did not work, sent the following error message:
> > Error: Section # expected
> > aticonfig: parsing the command-line failed.
> > 
> > Also applied
> > sudo  aticonfig hsync=Screen0,30-96
> > 
> > So, that's what I did, and my eyes still blinking of the 60Hz refresh rate...
> > 
> > What shall I do next?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > Nelson
> > 
> 
> Well, when your using aticonfig, your line should look something like
> this:
> sudo  aticonfig --resolution=0,1600x1200,1280x1024,1024x768
> 
> 
> Note that the 0 has to be there.
> 
> What the 0 does is it tells Aticonfig which monitor you want it to
> configure (0 is your first monitory, 1 is your second, so on and so on)
> 
> Here is what you had:
> sudo  aticonfig --resolution=1600x1200,1280x1024,1024x768
> 
> WIth out the 0, it causes the error you mentioned. 
> 
> Retry the aticonfig with the string i gave you and see if that makes any
> difference
> 
> --cj
> 
>