Unable to use Ubuntu 8.04 live CD

[NoOp]

On 08/11/2008 09:23 AM, Jerry Alber wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
[snip]
>> OK, the xorg.conf for kde does work in kubunu, correct?
>>
>> If so, you should be able use it with Gnome, modify the kde xorg.conf to
>> show:
>>
>> Section "Device"
>> Identifier "Configured Video Device"
>> Boardname "ATI Radeon (fglrx)"
>> Busid "PCI:1:5:0"
>> Driver "ati"
>> Screen 0
>> Vendorname "ATI"
>> Option "MergedFB" "off"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Monitor"
>> Identifier "AL1917W"
>> Option "DPMS"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Screen"
>> Identifier "Default Screen"
>> Device "ATI Technologies In RS480 [Radeon Xpress 200G Series]"
>> Monitor "AL1917W"
>> DefaultDepth 16
>> SubSection "Display"
>> Modes "1440x1440" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1280" "1280x1024"
>> "1280x960" "1152x921" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600"
>> "720x400" "640x480"
>> EndSubSection
>> EndSection
>>
>> If that works, change
>> DefaultDepth 16
>> to
>> DefaultDepth 24
>> and log out and log back in & see if it still works. I've noticed '24'
>> creates problems on some of my older intel systems & changing to '16'
>> not only fixes a black screen, but also enables dri (direct rendering).
>>
>>
>>
>>   
> NoOp,
> 
> I made the changes to the xorg.conf that you suggested. When I restarted 
> Ubuntu in Gnome it said that Gnome was in a low graphics resolution, 
> meaning that I can not get above 640x480, so I set the default depth to 
> 24. With both resolutions (16 and 24) in Gnome I get a low resolution 
> screen. Also, before I forget, when I go to Ctrl-Alt-F3, I can get to 
> the TTY screen but I can't get back to the GUI again. Perhaps I should 
> have tried Ctrl-Alt-F1 instead.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 

Take out:

> SubSection "Display"
> Modes "1440x1440" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1280" "1280x1024"
> "1280x960" "1152x921" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600"
> "720x400" "640x480"
> EndSubSection

and give that a go. I'm curious to see if it finds and options for the
AL1917W properly.

Regarding Ctrl-Alt-F3; at this point I don't think it will matter much.
It's not finding a proper gdm configuration to go back to.

BTW: did you try
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/234811
<quote>
TPepler  wrote on 2008-05-28:  (permalink)

"xrandr -s 1440x900" was successful at changing the resolution.

Unfortunately, I can't do a backtrace since networking dies as a result
of the system locking up.
</quote>

to see if that works?