Comment 10 for bug 105106

Hi Bryce,

My experience differs to "the only one that seems to work reliably is what
you did - manually hack the
xorg.conf file". The best I ever achieved is a locked in proper resolution
and refresh rate but one easily broken when I tried to install 3d drivers.
Having a barely working system is like driving a car on a flat tyre, it can
be done but isn't acceptable as an end result for average use.

You wrote "On a positive note, 3731 is my #1 priority bug, and I'm very
hopeful we can get a solution to it for gutsy." This is good to hear
as 7.04is the worst release of Ubuntu I have so far used - because of
this bug
which seems worse than previously.

Let me know when you have a solution you want tested. A proper download and
not some hack. I can hardly recommend Ubuntu and then give detailed
instructions on how to use the command line and modify xorg - my friends
would not waste their time on such a broken software and rightly so.

Without a proper fully functioning screen resolution and refresh rate, a
person can't even begin to use Ubuntu.

All the best Bryce,

Chris

On 5/7/07, Bryce Harrington <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 3731 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/3731
>
> Hi ytene,
>
> Thanks for the detailed bug report! It looks fairly clear that this is
> another case of bug 3731, based on seeing the "Generic Monitor" in your
> xorg.conf. The xresprobe.txt is also empty of content. I've found this
> could happen for a few reasons: I suspect ddcprobe (which xresprobe
> depends on) sometimes fails to work - you could check by trying to run
> it and see if it segfaults. Another reason this can happen is if for
> whatever reason your monitor does not provide EDID information for
> whatever reason, or if your graphics card or its driver does not carry
> it through.
>
> While there have been a number of simpler workarounds suggested, the
> only one that seems to work reliably is what you did - manually hack the
> xorg.conf file. One thing to be sure is to check the refresh rates
> listed for your monitor are correct according to your documentation
> (sometimes the detection mechanism detects them incorrectly.) On a
> positive note, 3731 is my #1 priority bug, and I'm very hopeful we can
> get a solution to it for gutsy.
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 3731
> Xorg resolution falling back to 640x480 and/or 800x600 when h/v freqs
> incorrect
>
> --
> 7.04 Beta: X Config Failure at Installation
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/105106
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug (via bug 3731).
>