xorg problems on new machine

[Chris Mohler]

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Leonard
Chatagnier<lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> --- On Mon, 8/3/09, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: xorg problems on new machine
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Monday, August 3, 2009, 5:31 PM
>
> Wade Smart wrote:
>> I have a new shuttle with a radeon hd 4650 graphics card.
>> The computer started out great but my screen was not correct so I put
>> in the values I had used on 8.04 (Im on 9.04 now).
>> Well, that was a mistake as now my screen is fraked.
>>
>> I tried going through the cmd prompt and deleting the file I
>> configured and then going with the original file but, its not working.

> Even faster, if it works and has always for me, is to boot up in recovery
> mode(second entry for your kernel in menu.lst) and when the Gui menu
> finishes loading select xfix(may be off screen so scroll down if you don't
> see it), let it finish running and when the Gui comes up again select
> continue booting or something to that effect.  If it works you will get the
> xlogin screen and just sign in.  This is much quicker to try before
> reinstalling period.  AAMOF, it's rarely necessary to reinstall.  BTW, you
> should never delete a program file in Ubuntu;  much better to purge it and
> leave no config files to mess up things.   HTHs and perhaps save you some
> time.

I'm pretty sure in the latest X server versions, it's safe to delete
xorg.conf - it is recreated with minimal info.

Chris