Ubuntu upgrade broke my resolution setup and I can't get it back!

Karl Larsen k5di at zianet.com
Sat May 3 00:41:38 UTC 2008


damian wrote:
> My projector was a pain in the ass to set up. It literally took me 
> months of coming back to it on and off to get the resolution I wanted. 
> I finally got a xorg file that worked just right, and then upgrading 
> to 8.04 of ubuntu seems to have completely broken my display.
>
> I've attached a copy of the old xorg file that I've been using fine in 
> the past. Is there anything in here that would break 8.04, but work 
> fine in 7.10? I've also attached the current xorg.conf which the 
> system has modified during my efforts.
>
> Also (this could be the cause of the problem), the nvidia drivers 
> don't seem to like me in 8.04. I've always used Envy yo install my 
> driver and it's worked flawlessly. I'm trying to use EnvyNG in 8.04, 
> but it's struggling. If I try to install 169.12, it crashed every 
> time. It seems to install 96.43.05 ok, but I can still only get 
> 800x600 when I use the old xorg file.
>
> I tried uninstalling all drivers and just enabling the Ubuntu 
> restricted driver. It didn't like that, and too me to a low resolution 
> mode.
>
> I'm now running without any 3d acceleration at 800x600. Any ideas what 
> could be going on? By the way, I have a FX5200 card.
>
> Thanks
> Damian
    The working xorg file in 7.10 should work fine in Hardy. Try it. You 
can't break a thing.

Karl


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