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Ubuntu can't set-up with ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

Bug #72480 reported by Joe Anderson
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xorg (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

You can't set-up Ubuntu 6.10 using the standard disc on machines using a ATI Radeon 9800 Pro video card.

After the Ubuntu loading screen, the screen goes black.

If you use the alternate disc it gets through the install, but will not load the GUI after the set-up until you change the driver to fglrx (I believe).

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Caroline Ford (secretlondon) wrote :

>xorg

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Caroline Ford (secretlondon) wrote :

Could you look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DebuggingXAutoconfiguration and provide us with some files?

Changed in xorg:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Joe Anderson (computerjoe) wrote :

I'm afraid I don't understand that page (I'm a newbie to Linux as a whole).

It detected the graphics card I had, as well as the monitor, but it would not function using the ati driver.

Dan Bishop assisted me with this bug, so I will notify him of this bug report so he may be able to assist.

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Dan Bishop (danbishop) wrote :

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=302230

This forums thread shows a picture of the very peculiar white lines that appear when it fails.

Bryce Harrington (bryce)
Changed in xorg:
status: Needs Info → Unconfirmed
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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

Thanks for reporting this bug in Ubuntu. Can you please test to see if it occurs in Feisty or a newer version of Ubuntu? If so, can you please also attach your /etc/X11/org.conf and /var/log/Xorg.0.log files, and the output from lspci -vv?

Changed in xorg:
status: New → Incomplete
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Joe Anderson (computerjoe) wrote :

I managed to successfully install Feisty x64 from the GUI.

So I imagine the issue has been resolved?

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Dan Bishop (danbishop) wrote :

Working in Feisty confirmed.

Changed in xorg:
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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