Screen resolution loop [help!]

[Rashkae]

David Armour wrote:
> Rashkae <ubuntu <at> tigershaunt.com> writes:
> 
>> David Armour wrote:
> 
> <snip> 
>>> Of course, I had been having the same result effectively with a previous
>>> 8.04(LTS) install attempt, which is why I was trying 8.10A6. Trying to modify
>>> screen resolution seems flawed, at this point. 
>>>
>> David, I still haven't heard, have you tried the Xfix solution?  (ie,
>> boot into rescue mode from your grub menu and choose xfix option from
> 
> I've been at work, but I'm hoping to try it this evening, sometime after supper.
> I sure hope it works. Thanks for your interest. I'll report back, either way.
> 
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Keep in mind that after you do xfix, you will probably have to start the
restricted driver manager and enable the binary driver for your video
(ATI or Nvidia),,but a clean slate xorg.conf from xfix should at least
get you going.