ubuntu help

porkrind · 5 May 2007 at 20:18

i had it running with ati drivers nicely then I unchecked use ati drivers in restricted drivers section ( to see what it done, ! doh) now I cant get my Xserver to start it complains about no fglrx driver.

fixes please!

gumbald · 6 May 2007 at 00:22

Good on the experimentation

But try a:

Code:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -phigh

That will let you choose the mesa graphics driver and get a basic display back. You'll then be able to re-do the restricted driver. Hopefully.

Not in a position to advise on the ATi setup in detail, I'm an nvidia fanboy

HTH

porkrind · 6 May 2007 at 10:17

thx

big help.

I had berly+xgl working great under edgy but now I just get scrambled display when I try to use it. Have done fresh install to no avail. Any ideas?

ati+berly+xgl. = garbled screen .

gumbald · 6 May 2007 at 12:01

Which guide did you use?

porkrind · 7 May 2007 at 08:54

this one

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#How_to_install_Beryl_.28ATI.29

gumbald · 7 May 2007 at 09:32

Is it garbled all the time, or only when you turn on Beryl? I didn't realise getting Beryl working on ATi took so much effort! If you've had it working but now it's not, the best place to try is probably the Ubuntu forums

porkrind · 7 May 2007 at 18:31

just with berly, oh well I have read its the latest version of berly thats bust it, I'll wait until update.

gumbald · 7 May 2007 at 18:35

porkrind said:
just with berly, oh well I have read its the latest version of berly thats bust it, I'll wait until update.

There's normally a fix out within a few days if they find a major bug and acknowledge it in public

Is it just on ATi or nvidia too? (Do I avoid the latest updates?)

Spider · 8 May 2007 at 08:59

You can DOWNGRADE the version of Beryl to one that works with ATI cards and XGL mind if you dont want to wait?