Problems with an x1600

[mark1948]

I had everything running fine and learning my way about fine. Then I booted this morning and got only 640x480 resolution and no option to increase it.

I downloaded the ATI X1600 mobility drivers from ATI and installed them, big mistake as now I only get a flashing cursor when I reboot.

I can boot to the recovery console and have a net connection so what command do I type to uninstall the new driver and put the old one back?

Cheers

Oh and I have tried "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" and it says it doesn't know my graphics card.

[Rog131]

Re: Problems with an x1600

"dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" and it says it doesn't know my graphics card.

Then you can try vesa driver - it should work.

Try again:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -> Select the desired X server driver. ==> vesa
or
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg (New xorg.conf with default options)
or check if you have backups:


Backupfiles

* dpkg-reconfigure: xorg.conf -> xorg.conf.20070503184018
(year month day hour minute second)
* text editor kate: xorg.conf -> xorg.conf~
* K > System Settings > Display: xorg.conf -> xorg.conf.1 (xorg.conf.2...)

so what command do I type to uninstall the new driver and put the old one back?

If you haven't removed old drivers then they are still there. xorg.conf activates/loads driver:

example:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Ati Radeon 9600 XT"
Driver "fglrx" <---------- try "vesa" or "ati"
BusID "PCI:3:0:0"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
EndSection

vesa should allways work. ati is opensource driver for ati/amd chips.


More:
HOWTO : Disaster Recovery and xorg.conf
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3082808.0