<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> NoOp wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:g7nlee$rif$1@ger.gmane.org" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 08/09/2008 08:47 PM, Jerry Alber wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">NoOp wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 08/09/2008 03:44 PM, Jerry Alber wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">NoOp, The monitor type listed in Ubuntu 8.04.1 Alternate is: Identifier "Configured Video Device" Vendor Name: "Generic LCD Display". In Ubuntu-Studio the identifier is: AL1917W, which is what it is. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Can you post the Ubuntu-Studio /etc/X11/xorg.conf? <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/displayconfig-gtk/+bug/181598">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/displayconfig-gtk/+bug/181598</a> [Acer AL1917W - Screen and Graphics Preferences] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/displayconfig-gtk/+bug/150426">https://bugs.launchpad.net/displayconfig-gtk/+bug/150426</a> [ Acer AL1916W monitor cannot be configured using displayconfig-gtk] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/displayconfig-gtk/+bug/150426/comments/3">https://bugs.launchpad.net/displayconfig-gtk/+bug/150426/comments/3</a> The last looks a little over the top to me: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/+bugs?field.searchtext=AL1916W&search=Search+Bug+Reports&field.scope=all&field.scope.target="><https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/+bugs?field.searchtext=AL1916W&search=Search+Bug+Reports&field.scope=all&field.scope.target=></a> Probably more relevant: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/234811">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/234811</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">NoOp Here are 3 xorg.conf files: Ubuntu-Studio, Ubuntu 8.04.1 Alternate and Ubuntu 8.04.1 KDE. On the last two, I removed most of the commented parts in the beginning. Jerry </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> OK, the xorg.conf for kde does work in kubunu, correct? If so, you should be able use it with Gnome, modify the kde xorg.conf to show: Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" Boardname "ATI Radeon (fglrx)" Busid "PCI:1:5:0" Driver "ati" Screen 0 Vendorname "ATI" Option "MergedFB" "off" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "AL1917W" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "ATI Technologies In RS480 [Radeon Xpress 200G Series]" Monitor "AL1917W" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Modes "1440x1440" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1280" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x921" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection If that works, change DefaultDepth 16 to DefaultDepth 24 and log out and log back in & see if it still works. I've noticed '24' creates problems on some of my older intel systems & changing to '16' not only fixes a black screen, but also enables dri (direct rendering). </pre> </blockquote> NoOp, I made the changes to the xorg.conf that you suggested. When I restarted Ubuntu in Gnome it said that Gnome was in a low graphics resolution, meaning that I can not get above 640x480, so I set the default depth to 24. With both resolutions (16 and 24) in Gnome I get a low resolution screen. Also, before I forget, when I go to Ctrl-Alt-F3, I can get to the TTY screen but I can't get back to the GUI again. Perhaps I should have tried Ctrl-Alt-F1 instead. Jerry </body> </html>