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I give up.    i only can use 9.04

I fell like  shit.

Claudio


2009/11/17 BavarianPH <peterhhartung@xxxxxxxxx>

> 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,
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> 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:
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> 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
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> Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> see also here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1305459
>
> for some reasons the upgrade breaks proprietary graphics drivers
>
> this means a flickering screen without the possibility to login or startx.
>


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         Claudio Guendelman U.
        claudio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
           www.guendelman.com

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