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my monitor isn't displaying correctly, it shows static when i login and when i move around menus

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my monitor isn't displaying correctly, it shows static when i login and when i move around menus

I have a ati x800 pro i do not know if it is installed correctly or not. my monitor is a hyundai B90D.

The login screen shows static and then flashes black and then i can move the mouse while it loads up. when i move around i menus in XFCE static shows then after about a second it shows the text/graphics.

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Shahar Or (mightyiam) said : 		#1

Dear doglike,

Can you please try checking that the computer is OK by testing it with a different screen?

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doglike (doglike) said : 		#2

Yes, sorry I did not include on the first message but I have a dual boot setup with Windows XP and XP works fine.

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doglike (doglike) said : 		#3

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-236307.htmlTry to find the
backup file:
cd /etc/X11
ls This shows me all the files in that folder... including my backup
file: xorg.conf.backup Yours may be called something different.

To restore the backup:
sudo cp /etc/X11/<<name of backup file>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Which will restore the file. Then xtrl+alt+backspace to try and restart x

((If you can't find your backup file in /etc/X11 then try a "locate xorg.conf"))

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Micah Gersten (micahg) said : 		#4

Check out this document for enabling the proprietary drivers:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI

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