Videomode not supported

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Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please attach your X server configuration file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) and X server log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log) to the bug report as individual uncompressed file attachments using the "Attachment:" box below. Could you please also try to run without any /etc/X11/xorg.conf and let Xorg autodetect your display and video card? Please also attach the /var/log/Xorg.0.log from this attempt. Thanks in advance.

Perhaps a duplicate of bug 146828?

With your post here http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/146087/ I really think this is a duplicate.

Try:

Alex Willmer wrote on 2007-10-02: (permalink)

Commenting the line "virtual 1920 1440" and adding "1280x800" to the list of modes has resolved this problem for me. (with your video mode, in the xorg.conf file)

hello,
the problem is... because the problems i have not installes ubuntu yet.
now i using debian without a problem.
the file must be the same which is on the ubuntu live cd, because when i boot
from the live cd no picture is shown.
the video hardware was dedectet correctly, because when i switch to
another mode
(with strg alt +) everything is correct.
but i think the system wants to use the highest avaiabla video mode and the
monitor is not detectet correctly.
i have 15" siemens tft.

Zitat von Sebastian Rode <email address hidden>:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. Please attach your X server configuration file
> (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) and X server log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log) to the
> bug report as individual uncompressed file attachments using the
> "Attachment:" box below. Could you please also try to run without any
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf and let Xorg autodetect your display and video card?
> Please also attach the /var/log/Xorg.0.log from this attempt. Thanks in
> advance.
>
> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Medium
>
> --
> Videomode not supportet
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173578
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

frindly, the CD does not include the xorg.conf; it is always generated for your hardware during startup in LiveCD mode. So to attach it, load this bug page after you've booted to the LiveCD, click Browse, and navigate to select /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and again for /var/log/Xorg.0.log.

You can edit your xorg.conf file by clicking Alt-F2 and typing `gksu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf`. Then you can add lines like the ones Sebastian suggests. Here's an example of how you put Virtual in:

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Screen0"
 Device "Card0"
 Monitor "Monitor0"
 DefaultDepth 24
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 8
  Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
  Virtual 3840 1200
 EndSubSection
...

hello,
thank you for your mail. hmm i think that my tft display does not support the
high resolution. ok. i can change the xorg.conf file. i will try it later. is
this file for the resolution of the gdm login screen? because when ubuntu 7.10
was installed the login screen was not visible.
but the bug is in my opinion not, that my monitor is not detecet. the
bug is the
high resolution. maybe many user with "older" displays had this problem.
changing the conf file with a text editor is a possible solution for me, but
many user have not the know how or knowledge for this way. because ubuntu is
user friendly it shoud start with a safe resolution.
is this inncorrect?
greetings from germany!

andre nitschke

Zitat von Bryce Harrington <email address hidden>:

> frindly, the CD does not include the xorg.conf; it is always generated
> for your hardware during startup in LiveCD mode. So to attach it, load
> this bug page after you've booted to the LiveCD, click Browse, and
> navigate to select /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and again for
> /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
>
> You can edit your xorg.conf file by clicking Alt-F2 and typing `gksu
> gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf`. Then you can add lines like the ones
> Sebastian suggests. Here's an example of how you put Virtual in:
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Card0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> Virtual 3840 1200
> EndSubSection
> ...
>
>
> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> Videomode not supported
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173578
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

hello
i am a little bit further.
well, the hardware ist recognized as vesa, so ubuntu load the vesa driver. the problem that the monitor is "out of range" is on my new pc (nforce 430 onboard graphic with 15" tft) and my old pc (sis650 onboard graphic with 17" crt).
on both pc's after booting is nothing to see. only pressing alt+str+ "+" changes the resolution and then i can see ubuntu.
the new: after deleting the xorg.conf file and rebooting the file is created new with safe settings.
so the first createt file from the installtion programm is not correct.
sorry for my bad english :-))

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

Hello
the problem still exist. With the new Ubuntu 8.04 too.

Am Sonntag, den 24.08.2008, 13:48 +0000 schrieb Connor Imes:
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been
> any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue
> for you? Can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.
>

OK, thank you for following up.
Please attach your X server configuration file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) and X server log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log) to the bug report as individual uncompressed file attachments using the "Attachment:" box below. Could you please also try to run without any /etc/X11/xorg.conf and let Xorg autodetect your display and video card? Please also attach the /var/log/Xorg.0.log from this attempt.
This information was requested back in comment 2.

Also, please have a look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DebuggingXAutoconfiguration and attach the info requested there (see steps 1 to 5).

Thanks in advance.

All this time and still no idea what graphics card you have. Please attach the log as requested.

hello,
i am not at the pc this moment. but the graphic card is a nvida geforce 6100
onboard. i used the nv driver or the original nvidia driver.

Zitat von Timo Aaltonen <email address hidden>:

> All this time and still no idea what graphics card you have. Please
> attach the log as requested.
>
> --
> Videomode not supported
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173578
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

Are you able to provide the information I requested above? Thanks in advance.

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!