Ubuntu
xorg package

Wrong driver chosen for ATI graphics cards during install, Cant start x

Bug #60712 reported by Darkling
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xorg (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg

This bug has been around since at least 5.04, and applies right up to Edgy flight 3, and can also be reproduced by starting any Ubuntu LiveCD. It is however not specific to Ubuntu, as It has also happened to me on other distributions.

Basically, when the installation completes, the x server fails to start on the first boot. This is easily fixed by logging in and editing the device section in xorg.conf to use the radeon driver rather than the ati driver.

This has happened to me on the following systems:

AGP 9600XT on an AthlonXP and P4
PCIe X600 on an Athlon 64
PCIe X800GTO on an Athlon 64 and a P4

I have also read reports about this happening on a variety of other 9 and X series cards, and it has completely stumped quite a few of my friends when they first install Linux, leading them straight back to a working w*ndows.

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Gavin Hamill (gdh) wrote :

Just wanted to add a 'me too' - wrong xorg driver is chosen on my very generic Dell Dimension 5150 with cheap Radeon X300 PCIe..

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/64825/comments/5

I can't believe the QA team haven't experienced this already! :(

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Timo Jyrinki (timo-jyrinki) wrote :

At least many of these problems are fixed in latest daily-live images (not Herd 2, but after that).

ati is not a "wrong" driver, there was just a problem with it delegating control to the radeon part of it.

Changed in xorg:
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Released
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pedro axel madrid (axel-madrid) wrote :

hey i guess i cant install or run ubuntu :( in my computer becose of a ATI hd2600 xt graphics card in a m2r32 amdx2 mother board,it always crash i guess that is the reason but always since the last version ive been unable to install ubuntu why dont you simply use the basic graphics to the instalation and then do something else, icouldnt install ubuntu from fedora to but fedora installed very fast and easy i wish..............

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