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[chewit <edwardahewitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

This is a bug which has been affecting me since Ubuntu 7.10 (its the
first release I started with), and has happened in every single Ubuntu
release since then. I have been putting off writing this bug report,
because I am not sure how I can explain the problem well enough.

The issue is with the monitor I use with Ubuntu. Its a Advent F159
15inch (4:3) monitor (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Advent-F159-Silver-LCD-
Monitor/dp/B000GRU6O2)

It supports 800x600 and 1024x768 with 60hz. When I boot off the live CD
with Ubuntu, when the it gets to the stage with xorg takes over, it
chooses the wrong setting for the monitor, the monitor says "Out of
Range". What I have to do is start the Ubuntu live CD, tell it to boot
into live cd mode, then unplug the vga port on monitor. After about
5mins (enough time for Ubuntu to boot), I plug in the monitor and I can
see the Ubuntu desktop. It will be running on 800x600 at 60hz, 16bit.

Here, I am able to install Ubuntu. Once install is complete, and I boot
into Ubuntu for the first time, the problem will happen again if I leave
the monitor plugged in. So I have force a restart and unplug the
monitor, boot into Ubuntu, and plug the monitor back in. Ubuntu will
again set the monitor to 800x600 at 60hz, 16bit. I will then configure
xorg.conf file. All I do is tell it to use 1024x768 @ 60hz, on 24bit. I
restart Ubuntu, and its running at the correct resolution for me. I can
now leave the monitor plugged in and it will not give me the "out of
range" message.

In the time I have had Ubuntu, I have used 3 computers with this
monitor. First Ubuntu PC used an ATi Radeon 7000 card (using ati open
source driver), my next computer used a Intel i815 (using intel
opensource driver) and my latest computer is using nVidia ION (using
nvidia's drivers). This out of range problem happened with all these
computers. I attach my xorg configure for all these computers.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Feb 28 09:38:58 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/Xorg
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 003: ID 05e3:1205 Genesys Logic, Inc. Afilias Optical Mouse H3003
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04f3:0103 Elan Microelectronics Corp. 
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 004: ID 059f:0c41 LaCie, Ltd 
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Acer Aspire R3600
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.1
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-19-generic root=UUID=121a561f-c5ef-411e-a726-1ac13fe0dd9c ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2.1
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: xorg-server
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 07/22/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: R01-A2L
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: FMCP7A-ION
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrR01-A2L:bd07/22/2009:svnAcer:pnAspireR3600:pvr:rvnAcer:rnFMCP7A-ION:rvr:cvnAcer:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Aspire R3600
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 architecture:       i686kernel:             2.6.31-19-generic

** Affects: xorg-server (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386

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Screen goes "Out of Range" when boot into live cd and first time ubuntu boot up
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