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ubuntu will not start with new monitor

Asked by Baz

Just got a 22' monitor and hooked it up but Ubuntu 7.10 will not start up. It starts loading and then it says "Out of Range H. Freq 35.5 Khz, V Freq 43.5 Hz." and then nothing Any ideas ? I am really new to Ubuntu and am totally stuck. Its dual boot with Windows XP and that part works fine. Any help will be welcome. Thanks. The computer is an old 800 Mhz Duron with a 40 Gb HDD. Nothing special just a regular old computer.
Thanks for the help

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Please press CTRL+ALT+F2 make your login and try to reconfigure xserver-xorg type:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Answer the simply questions, then start your X server type:

startx

and press enter.

Thank you

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#2

Or restart your pc type:

sudo reboot

HTH

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Baz (bazpaz) said : 		#3

Please advise me when - at what stage of boot up should I try this. Im sorry Im really new and not sure of what u are talking about but I do thank you for ur really quick response.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#4

Simply try... after a while (from 30 sec to 3 minutes).

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Baz (bazpaz) said : 		#5

tried what u said but no luck. maybe im doing something wrong but it went thru the whole process and then back to the same screen. - out of range.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#6

Please try same procedure we already done here...
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/18560

Hope this help

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