No Desktop!

[drew einhorn]

Forgot to include the relevant lines from:   lspci

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV200 QW
[Radeon 7500]
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200
PRO] (rev 01)
02:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO]
(Secondary) (rev 01)


On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 9:35 AM, drew einhorn <drew.einhorn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Have a couple ATI cards plugged in, was trying to get dual head working.
>
> I've tried a bunch of xorg.conf files using the free radeon driver an a
> couple
> versions of the proprietary driver.  Here's the latest.
>
> Rebuilt the attached xorg.conf using:
>
>     dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>
> Removed useless clutter from the xorg.conf before rebooting.
>
> It appeared to work.  My desktop came up and I got to use it for a few
> minutes
> before it went away or got covered up by the white screen.
>
> Tried turning the:
>
>     Option        "UseFBDev"        "true"
>
> On and off.
>
> But now the screen "Whites Out" just after the desktop starts to come up,
> before I have a chance to try using it.
>
> Also attached is the latest Xorg.0.log
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 7:55 AM, Davide Corio <davide.corio at domsense.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Il giorno sab, 29/03/2008 alle 07.36 -0700, drew einhorn ha scritto:
> > > The X configuration on my Gutsy desktop got hosed.
> > >
> > > Reboot
> > >
> > > Login Screen
> > >
> > > I login
> > >
> > > Get white screen, with curson, I can move the cursor with the mouse.
> > >
> > > I can ssh from another box to a shell prompt.
> >
> >
> > which video card are you using? (and which driver)
> >
> >
> > --
> > Davide Corio
> > email: davide.corio<at>domsense.com
> > web: http://www.domsense.com
> >
> >
> > --
> > ubuntu-users mailing list
> > ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Drew Einhorn




-- 
Drew Einhorn
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/attachments/20080329/3eebb22b/attachment.html>