Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg
Upgraded a Karmic partition of Lucid Beta 1. On selecting this partition in Grub, the monitor goes blank and displays "Out of Range". I have succeeded in getting this working through a complicated and cunning workaround, as follows: 1) Switch to my other computer using my KVM switch before the X display starts up (thereby, I understand, disabling communication between the computer and my Avanhard monitor) 2) Once I hear the login screen sound, switch back and find the menu in a forced 1024×768 resolution. 3) Log in. 4) In System | Monitor | Preferences, set the resolution to 1280×1024 and the frequency to 75 Hz, but not 60 Hz. For some reason, the monitor doesn't like 1280×1024 and 60 Hz and gives an Out of Range message. So presumably, on bootup the computer communicates with the monitor and incorrectly decides that the optimal settings are 1280×1024 and 60 Hz, when in my case it should be defaulting to 75 Hz. I know there are ways of overriding the default settings manually, but I'm sparing a thought for the newbies who'll never guess what to do. It might be down to my ATI graphics card which, at best, intermittently throws up this Out of Range problem, but without my workaround it's coming up constantly in Lucid Beta. (Although my older computer with an nvidia card has had intermittent problem to, particularly with duff propriety drivers.) Anyway, can someone work out what is wrong and fix this? Or, alternatively (as an aside), would it make sense to have an obvious "safe graphical boot" option in GRUB? ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Mar 26 21:01:41 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory GdmLog1: InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name Package: xorg 1:7.5+3ubuntu1 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-17-generic root=UUID=74e0c6f6-e63c-48ee-9907-bec15acc7c71 ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-17.26-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1 SourcePackage: xorg Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic i686 XorgLogOld: dmi.bios.date: 08/07/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0802 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: M2A-MX dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0802:bd08/07/2008:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM2A-MX:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer system: distro: Ubuntu codename: lucid architecture: i686 kernel: 2.6.32-17-generic ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid -- Monitor reports "out of range" on login screen in Lucid Beta 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/549141 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