When I upgraded to Karmic I noticed that the resolutions and refresh rates were lower than in Jaunty.
So I wrote higher values into the Xorg.conf and rebooted. After reboot I got the same flickering problems as the others. I used the recovery CD to delete these values, at one time even deleting the Xorg.conf file, and OS booted fine. Karmic does not write to an Xorg.conf file, it creates its own values, and I do not know were it stores this configuration, if at all. The Xorg.log shows you how it does this. The mechanism and video drivers work different in Karmic, then in Jaunty. Xorg.conf is not even needed under Karmic, but if it is present, it will read the values, and if higher then the Karmic prober, it will fail to boot and display properly. So if one leaves the Xorg.conf file alone or even deletes it, Karmic will be all-right. My concern is, that, I want the higher resolutions & refresh rates that Jaunty gave me. Karmic refuses to give the video card and monitor the maximum values that they are capable of. I filed 3 bugs: 450055, 458624, 458625, on: restrictive & unalterable resolutions & low refresh rates - xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) - Undecided Confirmed - under Karmic, to get the developers attention. also bug # 428477 Display configuration: a new version of displayconfig-gtk is necessary - gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) - Wishlist New - I really wished, I had a more direct line to the developers, to encourage them to fix these annoyances. Perhaps, a new way of approaching bugs is necessary, to quickly resolve problems, before going on to the next Ubuntu version?! BavarianPH, Ubuntu forever! ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35806335/Xorg.0.log -- upgrade breaks graphic drivers and x, preventing login or startx https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/464591 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
