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Fri Jul 30 20:09:43 EDT 2010
edwardp-mh2Nk+tgbQM at public.gmane.org wrote:
>> On 07/30/2010 03:34 PM, j. daniel moylan wrote:
>>
>>> not knowing how to reconfigure X, i did an R&R -- it did NOT
>>> fix the problem. the login gui looks fine but when i log
>>> in, i get the blank screen with a bit of twitching at the
>>> top.
>>>
>>> i need some help in reconfiguring X, if indeed that's the
>>> next thing to try, or another suggestion if it isn't.
>>>
> This was the exact same problem I had on the laptop. The login screen
> was fine, but the desktop was the same as described above.
> The actual problem: Desktop screen resolution setting was set to
> something not supported by the video chip, in this case, an ATi Radeon
> model.
> The login screen resolution, was set to the default as installed by
> Ubuntu, which worked fine.
aha! so where is the file which contains the screen
resolution settings? the only way i have used to set
resolution recently is via a gui and that doesn't work in
this situation.
tia,
ole dan
j. daniel moylan
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