Ubuntu
xserver-xorg-video-ati package

  1. Bug #643118
  2. Comment #56

Comment 56 for bug 643118

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crjackson (crjackson) wrote : Re: [RV350] Desktop corruption – Screen only shows vertical bands

Okay, so I used the first method of renaming the gnome-settings-daemon.desktop and got to the login screen.

Then I used the recovery console and typed in the command:
gconftool-2 --type=bool --set /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/xrandr/turn_on_external_monitors_at_startup false

Then I exited the recovery console and continues to login to Gnome as usual.

It all worked as you described... Thanks.