Display problem ubuntu 8.10 on PCG-fx880k Vaio laptop

Hello Madara,

We need you to give us a little more information about your hardware, so do the following:

Open a terminal (Application -> Utilitie -> Terminal), and type this:

lspci

Copy the output of the command and paste it here.

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and Memory Controller Hub (rev 11)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82815 Chipset Graphics Controller (CGC) (rev 11)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BAM IDE U100 Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AA22 IEEE-1394 Controller (PHY/Link Integrated) (rev 02)
01:02.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 80)
01:02.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 80)
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
madara@madara-sonyvaio:~$

please help me???

Hello Madara, sorry fot the delay.

Well make sure you are using the right video driver, so open a terminal and type this:

gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Then replace the contents of the file with this:

Section "Device"
   Identifier "Intel 810"
   Driver "i810"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Identifier "Default Screen"
   Device "Intel 810"
   DefaultDepth 24
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth 24
      Virtual 1024 768
      EndSubSection
EndSection

If it still fails, replace the line that reads:

   Driver "i810"

with

   Driver "intel"

Hope this solves you problem

I forgot, you have to save the file and restart the X server.