<!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:g7qoof$hrf$1@ger.gmane.org" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 08/11/2008 09:23 AM, Jerry Alber wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">NoOp wrote: </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">[snip] </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <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> <pre wrap="">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 </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Take out: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">SubSection "Display" Modes "1440x1440" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1280" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x921" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" EndSubSection </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> and give that a go. I'm curious to see if it finds and options for the AL1917W properly. </pre> </blockquote> Copied the xorg.conf file to xorg.conf.bkup just in case something went wrong. When I removed the "SubSection Display" Ubuntu defaulted to a generic LCD monitor and a Vesa graphics card. When I logged out and went back in, I got the same Log in loop (log in with UID and PWD and after the HD churned for a bit, it would come back to the same login screen. I replaced that xorg.conf with the xorg.conf.bkup (minus the .bkup, of course) but things just got worse. Even though there were other resolutions present, I could only get 640x480. <blockquote cite="mid:g7qoof$hrf$1@ger.gmane.org" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> Regarding Ctrl-Alt-F3; at this point I don't think it will matter much. It's not finding a proper gdm configuration to go back to. BTW: did you try <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/234811">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/234811</a> <quote> TPepler wrote on 2008-05-28: (permalink) "xrandr -s 1440x900" was successful at changing the resolution. Unfortunately, I can't do a backtrace since networking dies as a result of the system locking up. </quote> to see if that works? </pre> </blockquote> I tried xrandr -s 1024x768 but was told the the Display could not be opened. So I tried export DISPLAY=0 export XAUTHORITY=/home/<usr>/.Xauthority and then the above xrandr -s 1024x768, but the only resolution that it would recognize was 640x480. Jerry <blockquote cite="mid:g7qoof$hrf$1@ger.gmane.org" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>