ATI

Here's the deal.  I installed a new SATA HD to replace my IDE  install.  There was nothing wrong with the IDE install and I wanted a faster drive for U.  On my old install, the downloaded ATI driver worked PERFECTLY the 1st time.

It instantly gave me all my screen resolutions and refresh rates.  Now here is the problem.

After installing my New Raptor drive, I was doing a fresh install of ubuntu and the driver wouldn't install.  I quickly found that installing all my software packages installed the dependencies needed for the ATI driver.  I got the driver installed, but I didn't get my screen resolutions or refresh rates.

I have spent the whole weekend doing apporx. 30 fresh installs with the same result.

How come it worked the 1st time for me, and how do I duplicate this again.

I actually managed to clone the IDE drive to the SATA, and after editing the fstab/device map, and removing/reinstalling ntfs-3g, I now have my old install working with a good ATI driver.

I would still like to do a CLEAN install, but I can't figure out what I did right the 1st time that I'm doing wrong now.

Any help would be appreciated.

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Originally Posted by praxis22sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Thanks I'll do that when I get home.

Does that make it reconfigure for the newely installed driver or something like that?

It asks you all the setup questions again, then forces the drivers to rediscover the hardware, etc. If ever you change any hardware, (keyboard, mouse, VGA card, monitor) you have to do to configure the new stuff. X is tweaky about new hardware.

Originally Posted by praxis22It asks you all the setup questions again, then forces the drivers to rediscover the hardware, etc. If ever you change any hardware, (keyboard, mouse, VGA card, monitor) you have to do to configure the new stuff. X is tweaky about new hardware.

Excellent!  I can't wait to give it a shot.

Originally Posted by praxis22sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

This didn't work out.  I must have done something wrong.  I'll try again tomorrow in the wee hours when I get home from work.

I went through the selections but when I reloaded X it dumped me into CLI.  I had to restore the HD from a backup image.

Odd, all it does is rewrite you xorg.conf

Look up your monitor specs, especially the refresh frequencies, etc. Then try it again, that part is rather vital. then you need to edit you modelines, etc.

This describes in detail how to do it:

from : localhost//showpost.php...17amp;postcount=1

Then there's this:

from : localhost/jeremy.sunriseroad.net/2007/0...ine-generator/

a web front end for it:

from : localhost/entries:

from : localhost/doc.gwos.org/index.php/ChangeResolution
community/De...oconfiguration
community/Fi...esolutionHowto

google is your friend

Originally Posted by praxis22Odd, all it does is rewrite you xorg.conf

Look up your monitor specs, especially the refresh frequencies, etc. Then try it again, that part is rather vital. then you need to edit you modelines, etc.

This describes in detail how to do it:

from : localhost//showpost.php...17amp;postcount=1

Then there's this:

from : localhost/jeremy.sunriseroad.net/2007/0...ine-generator/

a web front end for it:

from : localhost/entries:

from : localhost/doc.gwos.org/index.php/ChangeResolution
community/De...oconfiguration
community/Fi...esolutionHowto

Okay, looks like I've got several things to try.  I really like that gtf script - One thing I couldn't find was the exact placement in the xorg file.  Does it matter where in the file I place the output of this script?

Originally Posted by crjacksonOkay, looks like I've got several things to try.  I really like that gtf script - One thing I couldn't find was the exact placement in the xorg file.  Does it matter where in the file I place the output of this script?

xorg.conf goes in /etc/X11
I recently solved my ATI problems once and for all, with a nvidia 7100 gs.

Originally Posted by crjacksonOkay, looks like I've got several things to try.  I really like that gtf script - One thing I couldn't find was the exact placement in the xorg file.  Does it matter where in the file I place the output of this script?

No, just make sure they're all linked, (that one references another, etc.) I think the modelines have to be in the screen section (from memory)  but just follow what's there and you'll be fine. look up a few on google, they all look alike, most of the good stuff goes at the bottom