installing ati/amd graphics driver blacks out screen on 27 inch imac xubuntu

[Liam Proven]

On 12 October 2012 16:49, Wes James <comptekki at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There is a gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode.  Is there something I can put after
> gfxmode.  I changed it to 2048x1024, but still black screen.

Start by removing the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf and see if it works.

(By "removing" I mean the standard safe practise: rename it to
something else, perhaps even move it somewhere else, in case you need
to put it back again later.)

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