Ubuntu Updates Screwed Up My Display.

I am running Ubuntu 8.04.1, and downloaded the newest updates today. It prompted for a reboot, so I did. But when it came back up, I was stuck with 640x480 graphics. I found a forum that suggested recovery mode, and running xfix, which I did. That got me up to 800x600. I went into my restricted drivers, and reactivated the NVidia driver, restarted the Xserver, and was back to 640x480. So I did xfix again, back to 800x600 as the highest that I could switch to. I downloaded envy, had it autodetect and install my NVidia drivers, back to 640x480. xfix again, back to 800x600. Ran Nvidia-xconfig, then restarted the xserver, and got the little box saying VGA settings not compatible. Reboot, xfix, 800x600. I tried another suggestion that dealt with dkpg, but I cannot seem to find that post now.

I have an old Nvidia MMX 440 PCI video card in the machine in question. It ran fine at 1024x768 for quite a while, but now I have no option above 800x600.


xorg.conf after xfix:

Code:

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Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Monitor        "Configured Monitor"
        Device          "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier      "Default Layout"
        Screen          "Default Screen"
EndSection

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xorg.conf after nvidia-xconfig:

Code:

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Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Monitor0"
    VendorName    "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync      30.0 - 110.0
    VertRefresh    50.0 - 150.0
    Option        "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Device0"
    Driver        "nvidia"
    VendorName    "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Screen0"
    Device        "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection    "Display"
        Depth      24
        Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

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Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Oh, I tried installing legacy drivers with the package manager, but they wouldn't let me get above 800x600 either.

I just got it. I found a post that said to add 'screens and displays' under Applications > Other. I went in there, and it was set to Generic PlugnPlay, I changed that to one that supported 1024x768, and rebooted, changed resolutions in prefs, and I am back in business, I haven't tried out the 3d features, but at least now I know how to get back to the proper resolution as I continually break it :D.

I'm glad you found the solution

Right now, I'm using Intrepid Release Candidate with the updated Xorg server and I've found that it starts up much faster, although my touchpad is a little off due to the fact that they took away the synaptics driver from xorg.conf for some reason. Now I can't fine tune my touchpad anymore except through the crappy Mouse menu under preferences :mad:

I hope they fix this

I just found this article on digg saying that ubuntu has been getting slower since 7.04. The forms on the website seem to point to a flaw in the kernel, since other distros seem to be having the same slow down.
This is the link to the article with a the test results.
<http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_bench_2008&num=1>

The RC's disappointed me. My gnome-terminal is broken--only xterm allows me to enter my passwd for sudoing.
The OS world in general needs to stop focusing on pretty graphics and needs to stabilize code. I'm sick of this glossy crap--we need usability.

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Originally Posted by C:\Saw

The RC's disappointed me. My gnome-terminal is broken--only xterm allows me to enter my passwd for sudoing.
The OS world in general needs to stop focusing on pretty graphics and needs to stabilize code. I'm sick of this glossy crap--we need usability.

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You are absolutely right. I admit I like the interface to be pleasing to the eye, but I would trade that for increased stability in a heartbeat.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by C:\Saw

The RC's disappointed me. My gnome-terminal is broken--only xterm allows me to enter my passwd for sudoing.
The OS world in general needs to stop focusing on pretty graphics and needs to stabilize code. I'm sick of this glossy crap--we need usability.

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Download from here:

http://www.slackware.com

Once finished, download the Slack-E-17 Bzip2 files and bunzip2 them, then do a full installation.

When finished, reload X. What you have is Slackware Linux, with Enlightenment DR17 installed. E-17 looks so good you'll think Mac OS X is DOS.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...h+Images&gbv=2

Wow. It does look nice.

@ gore

I haven't given slackware a try...I'll see how it goes...

Do I need all three isos?

If you want KDE and X you do. The first one is enough for the base though.

Hey gore, I'm having a problem

I installed all 3 cds with xorg and kde installed, but i login as root in console and I cant start the xserver. I tried xorgconfig and startx as well as looking for the xorg.conf and xinitrc.

I'm guessing I'm in the wrong runlevel?

Does slackware start in 3?

do I have to nano into innitab?



Omg, I just added e17 to my repos, and holy sh** it is the coolest thing ever!!! Talk about beauty and conserving resources!

It is easily the most beautiful interface I've ever used.

Thanks for the suggestion gore

Slackware by default is runlevel 3. If you want you can either type

init 4

or

kdm or gdm depending on what you installed.

you can use nano but I normally just use Vim to edit that if I want X to start at boot, which I don't normally do as typing init 4 is pretty simple.

Just remember Slackware is different from RedHat SUSE and Mandriva, init 5 isn't going to load X like it does on those.

And yes, E-17 is a jaw dropping look. Wait till you see the themes in there that have the motion wallpaper. One fo them I have plays the breakout game as a wallpaper. You load it and your wallpaper is a moving game.

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Originally Posted by dayneman1

I just found this article on digg saying that ubuntu has been getting slower since 7.04. The forms on the website seem to point to a flaw in the kernel, since other distros seem to be having the same slow down.
This is the link to the article with a the test results.
<http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_bench_2008&num=1>

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I don't know about anyone else, but I installed Intrepid Ibex last week and it is noticeably faster on boot. I've only had one crash and that was from a certain emerald theme. (I could recreate by applying the theme). I'm running Compiz and Emerald and it works without a hitch.

One thing that is really nice, is the wireless setup. It's native now in the network setup and actually works. I've always had an issue with Rutilt or some other third party wireless utility constantly dropping or juts not connecting for fun. Now I just put in the wireless info and it has worked every start up so far and never dropped. That was my biggest Ubuntu annoyance.

Heh. I started to install Ibex, but it warned me that they had dropped support for my video card. I decided to hold off for a while. I have the LTS version of 8.04, so I think I will stick with that for a while.

Xorg seems to be in the process of introducing a lot
of new magic to the detection and configuration of
hardware. I had problems with video resolution when
I upgraded Ubuntu. The new xorg.conf file has a lot less
stuff than before, so you may or may not have to
manually fix it. I think I booted the live cd from the previous
version and cut&pasted the xorg.conf file to fix it.
I suppose in the end they'll get it sorted out. The goal is a
completely magic config, using HAL, or something like that.

Check out this upcoming xorg alternative (replacement?):

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag..._wayland&num=1