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Xorg not working after install - livecd works fine (9.10)

Asked by h3X

Running karmic from the livecd now, and x works fine, as does gnome. However on the koala installed to hdd, x will not start - it actually boots straight into a terminal session. Startx says it can't load the specified driver, and aborts saying "no screens found".
I've tried configuring xorg to the best of my (weak) ability, to no avail. I started from the livecd now to find an xorg.conf that works, but there isn't one to be found.

Why on earth does x work on the livecd and not when installed?! The very same problem actually ocurred with backtrack 4 as well, only there would be no x even from the livecd...

The pc in question is a laptop, Asus x77jq. It has an ATi mobility radeon hd5730 display adapter, I'm not sure about chipset, display, etc.

I would love to use ubuntu as my primary os but this issue is a showstopper. :(

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

when you are in the terminal run:

file /etc/X11/xorg.conf

the X is CAPITALISED on purpose so keep to the right case. If the file exists then rename it and reboot. If not then can you tell us your video card:

lspci | grep -i vga

will tell you what it is.

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h3X (lennart-nilsen) said : 		#2

/etc/X11/xorg.conf exists. Will check video card shortly.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Rename the xorg.conf file and reboot. See if udev can do its job

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h3X (lennart-nilsen) said : 		#4

lspci:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 68c0

Renaming xorg.conf solved my problem. Thanks!

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h3X (lennart-nilsen) said : 		#5

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.