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Sorry to bump the thread, but no joy at all on this so far.

Seems there are several similar bugs now:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/222544

Does this...

I get the following error when trying to install the ati.com driver:


Creating directory fglrx-install
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing ATI Proprietary Linux...

Appreciate the replies.

Tried changing the "ati" reference to "radeon" and no luck unfortunately.

Also changed the size of the virtual screen but again no luck.

Think I might give the...

Thinking of giving the ATI drivers a go before I file a bug report - heard people saying this is a bad idea?

I think I've run out of options really!

I went into the screen/graphics preferences and it was already set to AL1916w, but wasn't set to widescreen I don't think, so I checked that and changed the driver to "radeon".

This gave the...

Do you think it would be worth posting a bug report if nobody else has any suggestions because I'm really stumped. Short of buying a new video card I'm not sure what else to try - but other people...

I tried uninstalling xserver-xgl with:


sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-xgl

and it said: "Package xserver-xgl is not installed, so not removed" - so it definately isn't there.

I then...

Hmm... I'm in vesa now and typed in compiz --replace and got the following:


Checking for Xgl: not present.
No whitelisted driver found
aborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity


It...

Yes have upgraded to 8.04 Hardy now. Followed the instructions above here are the outputs:

lspci | grep VGA


01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 If [Radeon...

Have managed to grab a copy of the Xorg.0.log for the ATI driver I think. I booted into the "ATI" driver, and can confirm that the system locks up (Caps lock does nothing) and the monitor either...

I'm in ubuntu now with the vesa driver - that has always worked fine and to be honest if it was at 1440x900 resolution it wouldn't bother me, but it is stuck at 1280xsomething...

The processor is...

Thanks for the reply - unfortunately when it gets to the login screen I cannot even select that since (if the cursor responds) if I click something it just doesn't respond, so I can't even log-in.
...

Well I've upgraded to 8.04 and it has hindered things rather than helped if anything...

I cannot find the "safe mode" for X :S and the "GUI" to edit xserver-xorg I am also struggling to find -...

Actually forget that - cannot seem to get it to do anything when the monitor goes so will just upgrade and report back how I get on.

I think I will more than likely try and upgrade it - hopefully that will do the trick. I will still post the information below just out of interest in case it helps anybody else.

Output of lspci:...

Also while I remember, would upgrading be a bad idea at the moment until I get this sorted as I have heard that the editing of the xorg file isn't possible/harder so I could end up not being able to...

Hi All,

I posted on here a couple of weeks ago, and have been tearing my hair out for a solution, even trying different distros. I have read thread after thread and am absolutely clueless as to...