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Question #77516 on xorg in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+question/77516

    Status: Answered => Open

ian is still having a problem:
Tom wrote:
> Your question #77516 on xorg in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+question/77516
>
>     Status: Open => Answered
>
> Tom proposed the following answer:
> Yes swap is fine, plenty of space for suspend to save contents of ram
> into there.
>
> I'm not completely sure about fixing the x-server either, hopefully
> someone else might be able to advise on that later.  During boot-up do
> you get to a menu with lots of options for booting into Ubuntu?  If not
> there might be a moment during the grub stage of the boot when it tells
> you to press "Esc" to access that menu.  The 2nd option should have
> "recovery mode" near the end an choosing that should get you to another
> menu, this time with a disturbingly blue screen.  It might be worth
> trying a few options in there, especially "fix x-server" both going to
> the top menu item "Resume normal boot".
>
> I would guess that you've already tried minimising all the desktop
> special effects?  I doubt it would make a difference to the errors you
> are getting so early on but it might.  Also since ati withdrew support
> for their series 1000 cards putting the drivers into their 'legacy'
> drivers i've been having loads of troubles with all sorts of ati cards
> so trying to reinstall drivers and stuff can cause problems right now.
> Out of curiosity are you using one of their old proprietary drivers or
> are you using an OpenSource one?  Neither seem much good and the newer
> ones seem worse for me :(  I'm considering either getting one of their
> newest range of cards or going with nVidia for the first time ever.
>
> Good luck and regards from
> Tom :)
>
>   
I have read that most nvida cards don`t work in ubuntu but not sure 
about now. I have tried using an ATI driver to fix my suspend/hibernate  
problem but it did not help. Is there any way that I can test for a 
defective hard drive? It shows 216.1gig when it is really a 120gig and 
before it read as 104 and I forgot what followed the.
but I suspect it may ether be a hal bug or bad hdd?

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