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Ubuntu starts in low graphics mode

Asked by Zenuno

  I have a new graphics card ( ATI HD 2600 XT 512 MB PCIE DDR3 ) and Ubuntu works fine with 2D, but when i install the ATI Drivers and restart Ubuntu he start in low graphics mode (Vesa).
  I'm new in Linux and don't understand very well the OS. If someone knows how to fix this please tell me. Thanks

  I'm using Ubuntu 7.10

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This question was originally filed as bug #197811.

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Vadim Peretokin (vperetokin) said : 		#1

Hey man,

Looks like your drivers are a bit messed up, that's why ubuntu is defaulting to the lowest, but safest setting. To fix this, try installing envy:

http://albertomilone.com/ubuntu/nvidia/scripts/legacy/envy_0.9.10-0ubuntu4_all.deb

After you got it installed, go to Applications - System tools - envy. Tell it to install the latest ATI driver, be patient while it works it's magic, and then let it save changes and reboot. Let me know how it goes for you.

PS. You should use forums.ubuntu.com next time for asking questions like these. This isn't really a "bug".

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Felipe Venegas (fvenegas) said : 		#2

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report and subsequently we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at [WWW] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see [WWW] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs .

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Zenuno (z-nuno) said : 		#3

   Hi Vadim.

  I try Envy like you say and now Ubuntu works fine like you said. Many Thanks.

  P.S. - Sorry about the mistake about the bug, i has thinking it was a bug in Ubuntu. Thanks once more.