Oddity wrote:

> Yop.
>
> Last time I did the auto upgrade to 7.10 from feisty the monitor plugged
> in to my laptop went to sleep when X started. Since my built in laptop
> screen doesnt work (cos its smashed), i was ****ed. The second
> screen woke up when i dropped to a shell (ALT+F2); tty2
>
> I suppose my question is if i try again, with the xorg.conf file ive got
> now (in feisty) whats the quickest way to recover when everything goes to
> pot again.
>
You can try running ...

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

> My guess is saving my entire ~/oddity directory and installing all the
> previous programs that were there.
>
Nope that won't help at all.

> If anyone has any problems with 7.10 using this particular card i would
> like to know. There is a bug report on the site documenting some problems.
>
> K bye. x
>
> the IGP 320m ( mobility U1 ) chipset has to use the radeon driver. It is
> not compatible with fglrx

Do check your /etc/X11/xorg.conf to make sure it's running either the "ati"
or "radeon" open source drivers.

Cheers.


--
Sometimes, I Wake Up Grumpy.
Sometimes, I Just Let Him Sleep In.
-- My Wife

On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:03:06 +0000, someone purporting to be NoStop
scrawled firmly:

> Oddity wrote:
>
>> Yop.
>>
>> Last time I did the auto upgrade to 7.10 from feisty the monitor plugged
>> in to my laptop went to sleep when X started. Since my built in laptop
>> screen doesnt work (cos its smashed), i was ****ed. The second
>> screen woke up when i dropped to a shell (ALT+F2); tty2
>>
>> I suppose my question is if i try again, with the xorg.conf file ive got
>> now (in feisty) whats the quickest way to recover when everything goes to
>> pot again.
>>
> You can try running ...
>
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
>
>> My guess is saving my entire ~/oddity directory and installing all the
>> previous programs that were there.
>>
> Nope that won't help at all.

I MEANT .. to restore my previous install when it borks again.

>
>> If anyone has any problems with 7.10 using this particular card i would
>> like to know. There is a bug report on the site documenting some problems.
>>
>> K bye. x
>>
>> the IGP 320m ( mobility U1 ) chipset has to use the radeon driver. It is
>> not compatible with fglrx
>
> Do check your /etc/X11/xorg.conf to make sure it's running either the "ati"
> or "radeon" open source drivers.

I tried that last time.

I'll take your word for it that if i use my existing xorg.conf file with
the upgrade it'll work now, like it didnt before.

>
> Cheers.
>
>