Newbie here with ATI card

Mon Oct 29 23:39:15 UTC 2007

Hi Michael
Thanks for your reply and your precise description.
I answer directly into your text below:

On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 03:50 -0400, Michael R. Head wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 11:31 +0800, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
> > 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 ;-))
> 
> You don't want to use the fglrx drivers. Your hardware is only supported
> by the open source radeon driver that is installed and configured by
> default.

NOno !
It's not that I do not want to use the fglrx driver ! ;-|
I just do not know nor have any experience what and how to use ;-(

Hearing this and reading that ...
... confuses me and experiments to often end in a mess ;-(
Would love not to end in a dead end ;-)

My present activities are my first attempt to get my Ubuntu system
working without showing some negative signs !! ;-))

> You can try using System/Administration/Screens and Graphics to
> configure multiple monitors, but it's not well supported by the driver
> and (in my experience) requires the machine to be shut down when
> attempting to attach an external monitor. Hopefully this will be
> changing in a release or two.

Well, I already did play so and noticed it !
If I understand you correct I may have to accept it's not possible yet
and I have to wait !?

On the other hand I had found an interesting article from "lilserenity"
with her setting a similar configuration:

Thinkpad T40 with ATI Radeon 7500 and an external display.

Here is the URL:
http://lilserenity.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/ecstatic-xrandr-12-means-decent-linux-screen-management-at-last/

I have tried her well described process but ended with the last command
not working as needed ;-((

Any more hints and/or suggestions are very welcome !

TIA & 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
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 