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Acer AL1516 & Ubuntu 8.04

Asked by Aris Nugroho

I recently install Ubuntu 8.04 for one of my clients. At my place, it works fine (monitor is LG700S CRT 17"). But the problem is, my client's monitor (Acer 1516 LCD 15")can't boot into X-Windows. It keeps displaying "Input not supported". I tried to do clean install from CD using this monitor, but it always failed with the same message. Is there any way to fix/troubleshoot this ??

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Aris Nugroho (c4phunk) said : 		#1

Info : the system is AcerPower FH series. It's mainboard using Intel 946GZ chipset & ICH7. Proc is Pentium D 820, memory Elixir 512 MB DDR2-533, HDD Hitachi SATA 80 GB & DVD/CDRW OEM LG (don't know its series).

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jacobS (jacsalomon) said : 		#2

If the Live Cd mode have the same problem, report this in a Bug section package: xorg

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

Try to use displayconfig-gtk: Simple gtk tool to change xserver settings like graphics card driver or monitor.

-- Please open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type or better copy and paste:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install displayconfig-gtk

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

Then to configure your monitor resolution:

sudo displayconfig-gtk

then try to select and configure your monitor from the list or try to define your monitor by putting the inf file take from xp driver cd or floppy or from the net

Reboot your pc.

Then go to menu System->Preferences->Screen resolution to try to get high screen resolution setup

hope this helps

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Aris Nugroho (c4phunk) said : 		#4

Thank you all for your sugestion, but over here i already found a way to get around this problem.

It seems that the Graphic Login Manager (GLM) messed up a little bit, i confirmed that when i connected a CRT monitor right after the LCD displays "Input not supported". The display is very distorted at login, but after entering user name & password, entering the Xwindows is a breeze... :)

So i decide to uninstall the GLM, shutdown the PC & connecting the LCD once more. This time, the login is text-based & starting the XWindows is manual, typing startx command. After in XWindows, i install the GLM module again & restarted (this by crossing my finger). Go figure, no more "Input not supported" message......

Sorry if my explanation rather generic, cause i'm just recently had time to play around with Ubuntu.

Hope this could help anybody out there :)