Ubuntu Question

[glawson]

I'm still learning Ubuntu, and I seem to have blown up (Carnivore will love that) the X video display on a Ubuntu 9.04 box. No amount xorg.conf massaging or boot options seems to get it back. Is there a master xorg package that I can use with apt-get to reinstall all the display stuff? If not, is there an entire desktop package (everything above init 5) that I could do the same with?

Greg

[Rudy, Jared]

Delete your xorg.conf file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) and run the command xorgconfig to create a basic config file.

 

IF xorgconfig doesn’t work you can also try running command xorgcfg

 

If all else fails try command “Xorg –configure”

 

Cheers,

 

Jared Rudy
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[Steve Nordquist]

Allude to xorg.0.log and any salient features in dmesg,
remove xorg.conf
retry
include allusion to new logs
mention what videocard is involved
find me some goji berry juice

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 2:56 PM, glawson<gla...@rhcl.org> wrote:
> I'm still learning Ubuntu, and I seem to have blown up (Carnivore will love
> that) the X video display on a Ubuntu 9.04 box. No amount xorg.conf
> massaging or boot options seems to get it back. Is there a master xorg
> package that I can use with apt-get to reinstall all the display stuff?

Apt refreshing (over removing it without dependent apps, and
reinstalling it) Xorg and the relevant modules for nv or ati (or the
Free as in denial of IP ascription) etcetera should do.
Blow_up modules; what'll they think of next.

[Paul Espinosa]

First Rule of Xorg club: You do not talk about Xorg club! LOL

But seriously, what Jared said should work.

[glawson]

Ok, I have to run downstairs to another room to see the results, but not sure it worked completely. I removed xorg.conf, ran Xorg -configure, and it complained extensively about fglrx, the offending ATI video driver that is the source of all these problems, and then it segfaulted. I think I will probably need to remove this driver.

Greg
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[Glenn Robuck]

Easiest way I know of how to do reconfigure xwindows on ubuntu is as root run:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

(or sudo it).

[glawson]

After deleting the xorg.conf and running both Xorg --configure and dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, I still get the same mangled and totally unreadable display. I know I need to unload that fglrx module, but if I do a modprobe -l I don't see anything like it listed. What can I do to see what is loading it where?

Greg

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[Rudy, Jared]

Edit your xorg.conf file and in the “Device” section replace flgrx with ati and reboot.

 

See if that works.  The ati driver is the opensource ATI driver provided by xorg.

[Paul Johnson]

glawson wrote:
> After deleting the xorg.conf and running both Xorg --configure and dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, I still get the same mangled and totally unreadable display. I know I need to unload that fglrx module, but if I do a modprobe -l I don't see anything like it listed. What can I do to see what is loading it where?
>
> Greg
>
>
>

See loaded modules

/sbin/lsmod

Remove a module named "module.name"

/sbin/rmmod module.name

It is supposed to be the same--and better in some ways, to use the -r
option to remove modules

/sbin/modprobe -r module.name

However for me sometimes that fails.

Loads a module "module.name"

/sbin/modprobe module.name

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