[olug] Ubuntu 8.10 RC X.Org Resolution problems

[T. J. Brumfield]

I just did an install two weeks ago with openSUSE 11 for someone with
a legacy Nvidia card an an Athlon XP.  It worked great.  It isn't
Debian based, but I tend to contend that openSUSE has the best
packages out there because of all the Novell programmers out there
writing patches, back-porting features, etc.  It is extremely
newbie-friendly, and Yast is a great tool.  They have a solid Gnome
desktop (though I'm all about KDE).  You can also try using the Gnome
accessibility tools within KDE if you so desired.

-- T. J.

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:37 AM, Amy Mason <amason80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> No biggie.  Actually haven't had any better luck in 8.04, which is pretty
> much why I figured I might as well upgrade now.  Maybe I need to look at a
> new distro... I just sort of understand ubuntu, and so yeah, maybe we will
> just spin up 8.04 again. who knows, I can try all this nonsense there
> instead.
>
> Amy
>
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T
> <jeffh at dundeemt.com>wrote:
>
>> I think you are currently up against a wall.
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=948067
>>
>> There seems to be a general consensus to stick with 8.04 until there is
>> support for those legacy cards in 8.10.  I'm sure that is not what you want
>> to hear.  However, it might save you some frustration.
>>
>> Sorry I suggested envy before I googled.
>>
>> -Jeff
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Amy Mason <amason80 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > So, uninstall of envyng + repair of x later, I am back where I started.
>>  I
>> > read the release notes and since I have to use legacy drivers, no NVIDIA
>> > drivers for me. they are not supported in the version of X that comes
>> with
>> > Ubuntu 8.10  xorg.conf looks funny, so let me drop that in your laps and
>> > see
>> > what everyone thinks.  I am so sorry to be such a pain, I just am trying
>> to
>> > learn, and its a slow slow process.
>> >
>> > # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
>> > #
>> > # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool,
>> > using
>> > # values from the debconf database.
>> > #
>> > # Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
>> > # (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
>> > #
>> > # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades
>> > *only*
>> > # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
>> > # package.
>> > #
>> > # Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
>> > # in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and
>> settings
>> > # here are ignored.
>> > #
>> > # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically
>> > updated
>> > # again, run the following command:
>> > #   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
>> >
>> > Section "Device"
>> >    Identifier    "Configured Video Device"
>> > EndSection
>> >
>> > Section "Monitor"
>> >    Identifier    "Configured Monitor"
>> > EndSection
>> >
>> > Section "Screen"
>> >    Identifier    "Default Screen"
>> >    Monitor        "Configured Monitor"
>> >    Device        "Configured Video Device"
>> > EndSection
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