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Radeon ATI X600 Pro / Dell 2007 Widescreen LCD Problem

Asked by Tony Canas

I have a Dell XPS running Windows XP Media Center edition with a Saphire ATI Radeon X600 Pro PCI Express graphic card and a Dell 2007 Widescreen LCD monitor. I installed Ubuntu and it worked beautifully but it only worked at 1024x800 instead of 1600x1020 like it does in Windows.

Checked out the help site: https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/graphics-cards.html

and tried to follow the instructions for installing the ATI cards:

3D ATI Video Card Driver
Many ATI video cards work well with Ubuntu automatically. To check that 3D acceleration works with your card, see the section called “Introduction to 3D Video Acceleration”.

"If it doesn’t work:

Install the xorg-driver-fglrx package from the “Restricted” repository (see Chapter 3, Adding, Removing and Updating Applications).

To set up the new driver, enter in a terminal:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Agree to automatic detection of your video, and choose the driver fglrx when asked.

Restart the computer for the changes to take effect."

I did that and restarted and the computer gets stuck in the load screen.

Rebooted and went into Ubuntu Safe Mode and I can't get into the XWindows. It tells me there's no display.

Booted from CD and it loaded fine (still with the low resolution) and tried to follow the instructions again and still can't get it to work.

Any help is appreciated.

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Tony Canas (afcanas) said : 		#1

Reinstalled on top of it and it works, but still only at the lower resolution. Any help getting it to work at 1600 widescreen would be awesome. Thx.

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Tony Canas (afcanas) said : 		#2

Corrections: It's An ATI Radeon X1600 Pro and the screen Dell 2007 WFP screen.

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Tony Canas (afcanas) said : 		#3

Figured it out.

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williamts99 (williamts99) said : 		#4

Could you let us know exactly how you fixed it so that in the future we might be able to pass on the information to someone else with the same problem?

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devil3000 (alexisright1000) said : 		#5

Okay hello every one, i am new to this complicated system, i am a windows user i have been reading over 50 threads of problems and yet i am still stuck with like 20 of them
1. When installing ubuntu 7.04 on my dell xps 210 2.66 dual core ati x1300 1gb ram very fast computer.

i run the installation goes thru very well like a drink of water, but when i try to install my graphic card so i can change the resolution i get no where . i have tried the following steps (http://lhansen.blogspot.com/2006/10/3d-desktop-beryl-and-xgl-on-ubuntu-edgy.html)
and completed them 6 times meaning 6 additional steps of formatting my drive to remove ubuntu so i can re-install and try these steps again, why because every time i complete these steps ubuntu will lose my lcd display when entering the login screen and i am left with a blank screen , from what i understand it has to do with my ati x1300 which i have tried to configure several times

ok about now your probably wondering how stupid i am i agree because this ubuntu is so dam hard to understand comparing to xp , and the name its self is hard to read ( u.b.u.n.t.u ) who made that name any ways its sounds like a error in my head .

The only reason i would ever consider using ubuntu is because it looks hot. But dam how many of us had to go thru problems and problems
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Now i am still looking to make the best of it if any one can help me or forward me to information easy to understand i would greatly appreciated my email address is <email address hidden>
Now I am a new Yorker so time is every thing