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xserver-xorg-video-ati package

Monitor Doesn't Work with Video Card (worked in windows xp)

Asked by rickharman@yahoo.com on 2012-09-23

My graphics card only has a dvi out connector. I have a dvi to VGA adapter which will drive up to 2 monitors. My 17" LCD monitor can only take up to 1152x864. When I use that monitor solely, unbuntu requests 1280x1024 and my monitor gives me an error message. The only way I can get my monitor to work is to plug in an old CRT monitor along with my LCD monitor. I can then set the video to 1152x864 and both monitors work. I would like to get rid of the CRT. How can I tell unbuntu to use 1152x864 and nothing else. If it doesn't see my CRT, it goes into auto mode and screws up my LCD (no output image, only an error message). Any suggestions? Thanks!

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2012-09-24
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2012-09-24
actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : #1

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

rickharman@yahoo.com (rickharman) said : #2

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a
[sudo] password for harman:
  *-display:0
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]
       vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 00
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
       resources: irq:43 memory:d0000000-d7ffffff ioport:dc00(size=256) memory:dfde0000-dfdeffff memory:dfe00000-dfe1ffff
  *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
       description: Display controller
       product: RV370 [Radeon X300SE]
       vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
       physical id: 0.1
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1
       version: 00
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:dfdf0000-dfdfffff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Linux LongNeck 3.2.0-31-generic-pae #50-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 7 16:39:45 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
harman@LongNeck:~$

actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : #3

Have you tried installing the proprietary driver, it may help.

rickharman@yahoo.com (rickharman) said : #4

I couldn't find a driver. I ran your command again with both monitors up and running.

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a
[sudo] password for harman:
  *-display:0
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]
       vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 00
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
       resources: irq:43 memory:d0000000-d7ffffff ioport:dc00(size=256) memory:dfde0000-dfdeffff memory:dfe00000-dfe1ffff
  *-display:1 UNCLAIMED
       description: Display controller
       product: RV370 [Radeon X300SE]
       vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
       physical id: 0.1
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1
       version: 00
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:dfdf0000-dfdfffff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Linux LongNeck 3.2.0-31-generic-pae #50-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 7 16:39:45 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

rickharman@yahoo.com (rickharman) said : #6

Thanks for the link and spending some time on my problem. I tried the link, downloaded the theoretical driver, changed the permissions to r/w/e, typed sudo ./ati-driver-installer-9.3-x86.x86_64.run, typed in my password, and got "can't open". Any other suggestions? Thanks!

rickharman@yahoo.com (rickharman) said : #7

Is there a way to force a particular monitor resolution? It seems that ubuntu is automatically looking at the capabilities of the video card each time I start up the OS and trying to max out what the card offers.

actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : #8

There is the driver in the additional drivers app. Much easier

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