How to clean up mess after ATI Catalyst Control Center and Gnome Screen resolution tool?

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Tue Feb 17 18:31:12 UTC 2009


On 02/17/2009 12:41 AM, Matthias Andersson wrote:
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> Hi!
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> I have the following problem. I wanted to try hooking up the tv and
> see if I could get it to work in linux as well as in windows but then
> I made a huge mistake, after setting up the resolution using ATI
> Catalyst Control Center I then out of old habit set the resolution
> using System-Preferences-Screen Resolution.
> 
> This rendered the screen black and now the fglrx-driver refuses to
> work. I get the error on startup "Screens found but none have a usable
> configuration..."
> 
> How do I clean up this mess and get fglrx working again? I've tried
> re-installing fglrx and related packages but to no avail. At startup
> I'm forced to choose "Run x in low-graphics mode"

Boot using the recovery mode; select the xfix option, then continue to
normal boot.





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