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Jaunty - Display problem

Asked by Jon Charge

I upgraded to the development version Jaunty Alpha 6. More updates were applied today, after which, the display is strange. I can't see anything save odd lines and colors. How do I downgrade back to intrepid?

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Anis CHEBBI (chebbi-anis) said : 		#1

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DowngradeHowto

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

If your pc is with an Ati graphic card please try:

A) Please first be sure your Jaunty development release is fully updated/upgraded
- Reboot your pc
- Press ESC at pc boot when you see the GRUB row
- Select the 2.nd top line of the showed lines Ubuntu Jaunty ...... (generic recovery .....)
- Browse with the up/down arrows key the showed menu select the "netroot" option and then press enter, then type:

apt-get -f install (then press enter)
apt-get update (then press enter)
apt-get upgrade (then press enter)
apt-get dist-upgrade (then press enter)

Then type:
exit (then press enter) to return to the previous menu
- then select the very bottom "xfix" and press enter to try to dress your graphic issue.

Then go to the top of menu and select "resume" and press enter

B) If you are still in trouble witth your graphic

- Reboot your pc
- Press ESC at pc boot when you see the GRUB row
- Select the 2.nd top line of the showed lines Ubuntu Jaunty ...... (generic recovery .....)
- Browse with the up/down arrows key the showed menu select the "netroot" option and then press enter, then type:

apt-get remove xorg-driver-fglrx (then press enter)

Then type:

reboot (then press enter)
to reboot your pc

Hope this helps

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

Another, better solution for ATI to try is:

sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx
sudo aticonfig --initial -f

Hope this helps

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Jon Charge (seropith) said : 		#4

I actually skipped right to option B, and everything works fine. I did not have to downgrade. When I have more time, I'll reinstall that and retry option A. I do have an ATI, and use two monitors, but while we are in Alpha I'll use one, no issue. Thank you for your help!

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Jon Charge (seropith) said : 		#5

Thanks marcobra, that solved my question.