[SOLVED] ATI Black Screen of Death!

**FoX_HunteR** · May 13th, 2008

this is causing my monitor to switch off at the login screen,
i know ubuntu is still running as i hear it play the login screen sound...

Code:

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Default Layout"
	Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbRules" "xorg"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	Option      "MaxGARTSize" "256"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
	Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]"
	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

i have installed the official ATI drivers from their site but no good,
also, i tried something that someone else suggested but made no difference

Code:

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	Option      "MaxGARTSize" "256"
EndSection

i need this going soon, the next option is to repair my windows on my other HD and go back to that, which i really dont want to...

**FoX_HunteR** · May 14th, 2008

can nobody help me with this?

**markbuntu** · May 15th, 2008

Your X server is all screwed up. You can rebuild it with apt but that is a long tedious process. Look in the Xorg.0.log file for any EE fatal error

As a last resort do a new clean install and then get the restricted ati driver with synaptics, it is up to date and should work. It's what I eventually had to do after screwing around for about a week with similar problems.

If you do reinstall, put your /home directory in a separate partition to save your stuff when you screw it up again.