XSERVER ERROR DUEING Installation ?????????????????????????(HELP PLZ)

[Nolan Check]

ahmed fawzy wrote:

> HI EVERY BODY,
> 
> plz I want your help , During installtion of ubuntu 7.04 , I have got an 
> xserver  error "screen is not found", so I used the command
> "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg"
> and I configured the video card as ati  but screen i leaved it genaric as
> i dont know the type of my screen,
> then I gave command  "xstart"
> it gave me the same error plz tell me what can i do ??
> ========================================>>>>
> {        I have a laptop DELL 6400 :
> Processor:
> Intel Core 2 Yonah (2.00GHz 4M cache)
> Video Controler:
> Ati Mobility Radeon X1400 (256 Mb).
> Display: 15.4-inch WXGA or WSXGA+
> Maximum Resolutions: WXGA 1280x800 or WSXGA+ 1680x1050
>   }

I knew it! Another widescreen flat-panel LCD fails to work on modern ATI
devices under Linux. I think your issue is the same as one I've had: X.Org
(the graphics system) doesn't detect the available screen resolutions
correctly.

Here's how I fix it:

Step 1: Enter the command: sudo vim /etc/X11/xorg.conf
This will pull up the Vim text editor on the X.Org configuration file.

Step 2: Scroll down to a line that says: Section "Screen". In this section,
you should find what appears to be a list of screen resolutions. You'll
probably find more than one of these lists.
Example: "1680x1050" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" ...

Step 3: Press the "i" key. This will put Vim into editing mode.

Step 4: Go through each list and delete all the entries which you know are
too big for your monitor. For example, my monitor is 1680x1050. I had to
delete anything that said "1600x1200" or "1400x1400". These resolutions are
too big.

Step 5: Press the escape key. Type ":x" (without quotes). Press enter. This
tells Vim to save and exit.

Step 6: Enter the command: startx. Viola! (It works for me, anyway).

I've sent reports about this issue to ubuntuforums.org and the X.Org mailing
list, but they all seemed to ignore me. I've only found one or two other
people on the internet with this problem. I've heard someone say, "People
with ATI and widescreen monitors are screwed when it comes to Linux."

Hopefully, the new "bulletproof-x" feature will help work around this issue.
But it would be best if someone would just fix it.

- Nolan Check