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xserver-xorg-video-vesa package

Live CD Boot - X fails to load with ati video at 1680x1050

Bug #135265 reported by Chris Woollard
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xserver-xorg-video-vesa (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

The problem that i have noticed (which has annoyed me for a few releases) it that my laptop has a native screen resolution 1680x1050 (x1600 ati video card). It refuses to load x on boot and always gives an error.

The only way around this is to use the alternative image installer to install ubuntu, then after it has finished installing to go to a bash terminal and edit the xorf.conf and change the screen res to 1024x768. Then install the ati restricted drivers to get the correct screen res back.

Based on this, i would say that the vesa driver that is being used does not support 1600x1050.

Is it possible to do something to either resolve this or do something clever that makes it possible to use the normal live cd with this screen res as i am sure this will irritate a lot of potential users and make try another distro (or go to windows).

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Chris Woollard (cwoollard) wrote :

This affects all ubuntu releases that i have tested it on including Gusty Tribe 4. I have not tested the latest release(s) yet.

Is it possible to fix before the full release?

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unggnu (unggnu) wrote :

Could you please recheck it with latest Gutsy. This should be fixed.

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jonathan church (bigpappatrader) wrote : Re: [Bug 135265] Re: Live CD Boot - X fails to load with ati video at 1680x1050

will do. i'd prefer to do it with kubuntu, should give the same results, no? i tried last friday with the 7.10 beta or rc of ubuntu that i downloaded that day and it didn't work. i was very disappointed, but I tried SimplyMepis and I like that too, so I've been using that. i'll try again when the final release of gutsy comes out. should i send you an email with the results?
-Jonathan

unggnu <email address hidden> wrote: *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 89853 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/89853

Could you please recheck it with latest Gutsy. This should be fixed.

** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-vesa (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: None => xserver-xorg-video-vesa
       Status: New => Incomplete

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 89853
   [regression] 7.2 broke vesa: "No matching modes found"

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Live CD Boot - X fails to load with ati video at 1680x1050
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135265
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