Re: [LUG] Problems with Ubuntu 9.10

[Henry Bremridge <henry.bremridge@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 07:32:26PM +0000, kevin wrote:
> 
> Have you got the old Xorg.conf file from the previous install?
> when you get to the grey screen do a "Ctrl Alt F1" and login at the
> prompt.
> Xserver is still running but broke
> 
> find the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and use vi or vim or whatever   to make
> it look like this extract.
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>       Identifier   "Monitor0"
>       ModelName    "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
>       HorizSync    31.5 - 64.0
>       VertRefresh  56.0 - 65.0
>       Option      "dpms"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>       Identifier  "Videocard0"
>       Driver      "nv"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>       Identifier "Screen0"
>       Device     "Videocard0"
>       Monitor    "Monitor0"
>       DefaultDepth     24
>       SubSection "Display"
>               Viewport   0 0
>               Depth     24
>               Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>       EndSubSection
> 
> then use startx at the commad line ( you will need to remove lock file
> first)
> 
> This works on most LCD screens for me.

Thanks, will have another go tomorrow


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