Comment 75 for bug 140051

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Martin-Éric Racine (q-funk) wrote :

Revised instructions would be:

1) add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/q-funk/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/q-funk/ubuntu hardy main

2) sudo apt-get update
3) sudo dpkg -P --force-depends xserver-xorg-video-amd xserver-xorg-video-geode
4) sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-amd=2.7.7.8-0ubuntu1
5) Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf by adding " Driver "amd" " to the Device Section:

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Card0"
 Driver "amd"
 VendorName "Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]"
 BoardName "Geode LX Video"
 BusID "PCI:0:1:1"
EndSection

6) Reboot and the login screen should be at the maximum supported resolution.