[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-07-16 Thread Andreas Heinlein
Just wanted to put my name under this list... I can second ba.page; I have tried hardy on about 6-8 different machines where only 2 worked out of the box. All except one did work with Feisty/Gutsy. Worse still, we're currently trying to develop a modified live ubuntu CD, where using sudo

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-07-13 Thread ba.page
Our enemies has this ridiculously easy slide bar that somehow works near perfectly. X really should have a distro-unified interface (GTK and Text) with a tab for each device it controls. Video card, Monitors (yeah all of your monitors, not just one), mouse, keyboard, etc... Failing that, I

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-07-04 Thread Chris
I think this is happening to me also. I tried sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, but with no video questions i think that is a dead end. I tried sudo displayconfig-gtk, but it is ignoring my monitor. Here's what I receive when i push the test button: on_button_test_config_clicked() xauth:

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-07-02 Thread catch
I get periodic black screens (out of range), and of course have the same issue that dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg (and displayconfig-gtk) don't allow me to reset in any sensible way, nor does my old gutsy xorg.conf help. Having done a lot of searching for this particular bug, I can confirm it's

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-06-25 Thread Pawel Jasnos
hmmm... Stupid question - you are running it from GUI, not console?? You may also try to run dexconf first, just to reset xorg.conf to whatever it thinks is default and then try again. (it looks like displayconfig-gtk couldn't get screen size - I'd report this as a separate bug. It's still a

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-06-24 Thread Officeitplus
Because it doesn't work. :-( Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/displayconfig-gtk, line 75, in module app = DisplayConfig(options) File /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/displayconfiggtk/DisplayConfig.py, line 189, in __init__

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-06-21 Thread Pawel Jasnos
Emm why not just try: sudo apt-get install displayconfig-gtk sudo displayconfig-gtk -- [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207409 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-06-18 Thread Strange_Movement
I'm kind of hoping that just by adding my name to the end of this ever growing list someone at Canonical may realize that this is a bug that should be taken seriously. I've just encountered it on a PC that I had convinced a paying customer to make the swap to Ubuntu on. I believe I may have

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-06-06 Thread David S
After a week of trying (and learning quite a lot in the process) I'm unable to improve on 800x600 when the native resolution of my laptop screen is 1280x800. This is useless and I'm very sad to say I'll be forced to return to the OS I so desperately wanted to leave behind. -- [HARDY]

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-05-23 Thread Valen
I have a similiar problem which *might* be a way for developers to experience what's happening when autoconfiguring fails: I'm trying to set up a virtual machine with Sun's VirtualBox and Ubuntu 8.04. First of all, the direct installation doesn't work, but that doesn't matter here. So I

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-05-21 Thread Officeitplus
Is this bug likely to get fixed? I have a ASUS Pundit-R which has worked happily with Gusty since it was issued but is less useful now. A simple work around would do in the interim but longer term it the system needs to be flexible if the automatic configuration fails. This type of problem is

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-05-14 Thread joeythedog
i have been on Ubuntu for about a year now... i've managed to talk my girlfriend and her friend into switching over to it for their laptops... now this... black screen... i'm pretty savy but reverting to an old xorg.conf file after a hardy upgrade screwed everything up... i don't care if canonical

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-05-13 Thread Mark
I agree with all the negative comments above. Startx does not work. I am a Linux/Ubuntu newbie so don't know enough to edit xorg and cannot connect to Internet with my Ubuntu pc. I have S3 Trio which I understand by googling does not always work out of the box, so how am I supposed to fix this?

Re: [Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-05-13 Thread Serge SMEESTERS
I agree with all the negative comments above. Startx does not work. I am a Linux/Ubuntu newbie so don't know enough to edit xorg and cannot connect to Internet with my Ubuntu pc. I have S3 Trio which I understand by googling does not always work out of the box, so how am I supposed to fix

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-05-11 Thread Cristian Gómez
I have some issues and have to do a dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, and unfortunaly, i found that the command doesn't do what it use to do beforethe only thing that i can configure was my keyboard, but can't configure anything about video card. I hope that hardy improve few things to make it

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-05-11 Thread Digger78
I was pleasantly surprised that the auto-configure worked for me until i installed the nvidia driver and rebooted to the console login. I have onboard graphics and a PCI graphics card. I was disappointed that dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg no longer did what i expected it to do. I had to manually

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-05-05 Thread CanadianLinux
I have experienced this video issue with every Linux distro I have used, except knoppix and a few others. I am not sure if it is something with my monitor or my ATI video card, but I always got a black screen when booting. Using dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg or a similar command resolves the

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-05-04 Thread infurnus
This sucks that this bug has not been updated as of yet. You would think this would be top priority. I'll exclude additional reasonings to avoid being redundant but it should appear as though this would be a necessity not a want or wish list. I really would like to see the growth of ubuntu but

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-04-30 Thread Thomas
Guys, I've got to agree here. I've clean installed xubuntu hardy over gutsy on a laptop which has used every ubuntu variation since warty...and cannot get the resolution to work right. Auto config rarely works on this laptop (via graphics) but I've always been able to get it to work by tweaking

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-04-30 Thread 宋远乐
I agree with this bug. I was a bit surprised when I found just one line in my Section Device, that's Identifier Configured Video Device Then I guess x.org has changed some behavior. Although the graphic card is working, I want to known how x.org manager to 'guess' my driver and options. I

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-04-29 Thread ashik
I couldn't change the resolution from 640x480 in hardy (Intel 845 PC).I had to copy the xorg.conf file from gusty installation to change the resolution. -- [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207409 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-04-28 Thread Max Schukin
Autoconfiguration doesn't work for me either. I had to use my gutsy xorg.conf to make it work. Please, fix this bug. -- [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207409 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-04-27 Thread Serge SMEESTERS
For me to, it's a bad surprise :( I thing some Ubuntu peoples don't understand well some important thing about free software again :/ Awaiting bug(stupidity) correction... -- [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207409 You received this bug

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-04-25 Thread Pawel Jasnos
Am I wrong in thinking that dexconf should generate xorg.conf which would use vesa and 800x600 resolution, which should always work, and be a good starting point? -- [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207409 You received this bug notification

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-04-23 Thread josh04
xrandr doesn't make permanent changes to the configuration, iirc. Just adding my voice, I had the issue where auto-configure wouldn't detect my Intel 965, and in addition displayconfig-gtk wouldn't change the driver either. I could only resolve the issue by installing xserver- xorg from gutsy and

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-04-15 Thread reassuringlyoffensive
Am I right in thinking that xrandr has replaced dpkg-reconfigure as a way to manually configure graphics devices in text-mode? Nathan -- [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207409 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-04-14 Thread sojourner
some way of manualy configuring your hardware and preferably both from term and gui must remain , there is some hardware ( one of my monitors for instance) that does not report itself via edid and therefore is never configured correctly , I freely admit this is due to cheap non compliant hardware

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-04-07 Thread Tomas 'tt' Krag
I have a situation here, where it seems that the X autoconfiguration works fine, but my monitor refuses to show any output with the refresh rates chosen, thus even when autoconfiguration works, there is a need for text-based tools to reconfigure. Since I have no output from X i cannot login and

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-04-07 Thread Tomas 'tt' Krag
Just an additional update: I have now tried remote logging in with a vnc viewer and running displayconfig-gtk, but have been unable to actually change my displaysettings this way. This pretty much makes hardy unusable on my setup, as i have no idea how to get a xserver display on my screen. So

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-04-02 Thread Matthieu Yiptong
I was actually in a situation where I couldn't start X, and didn't have internet access. I must concur that there should be a relatively easy to use console tool to configure X in case the autodetection fails. I don't have the patience to write an xorg.conf! -- [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-03-31 Thread john matthewman
i'm also going to have to agree with komputes on this topic. on this machine, my display is never detected properly; however, that was okay in the past because fixing it was always one sudo dpkg-reconfigure ... away. that's not the case now! fortunately, i was able to use displayconfig-gtk to

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-03-30 Thread 67GTA
I also agree that there needs to be some way to fix this when it doesn't work. It is going to be impossible to make every piece of hardware work flawlessly by the final release. In the rare occasion something goes haywire, you can't expect a new user to edit config files by hand. -- [HARDY]

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-03-28 Thread Marc Baas
I have to agree with komputes here. It is absolutely vital that there are text-based tools to configure xorg.conf. We are not looking forward to a Windows type philosophy being implemented into Linux where the system knows best and when it doesn't, all you can do is curse and pull out your

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-03-27 Thread komputes
Bryce, you have to look at this from a support point of view. 1) xorg_info or xorg_driver is not included by default on the OS so I cannot ask a user to run it remotely so that I can get the info of what driver their machine is running. If they do not have an internet connection and a working

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-03-27 Thread komputes
A fix has not been released. A user with only shell access cannot reconfigure the driver and resolutions without manually re-writing xorg.conf. ** Description changed: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg I understand the point of X trying to configure the video driver automatically, but

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-03-27 Thread komputes
** Description changed: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg I understand the point of X trying to configure the video driver automatically, but in case that it is done erroneously, the option to run dpkg-reconfigure (to interactively set the video driver) has been taken away. X

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-03-26 Thread Bryce Harrington
Here is a c program that gets the driver out of the log. ** Attachment added: xorg_info.c http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12909491/xorg_info.c -- [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207409 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-03-26 Thread Bryce Harrington
And here's a bash script, in case you don't like compiling C. This is adapted from compiz-manager. ** Attachment added: xorg_driver http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12909565/xorg_driver -- [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207409 You

[Bug 207409] Re: [HARDY] xserver-xorg does not auto-configure correctly

2008-03-26 Thread Bryce Harrington
displayconfig-gtk is a user interactive method for configuring xorg.conf. Like dpkg-reconfigure it also often produces invalid configurations. We recommend using the autoconfiguration approach, and if that does not work for some reason, please report it as a bug. This way we can roll out a true