How to clean up mess after ATI Catalyst Control Center and Gnome Screen resolution tool?
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Hi!
I have the following problem. I wanted to try hooking up the tv and
see if I could get it to work in linux as well as in windows but then
I made a huge mistake, after setting up the resolution using ATI
Catalyst Control Center I then out of old habit set the resolution
using System-Preferences-Screen Resolution.
This rendered the screen black and now the fglrx-driver refuses to
work. I get the error on startup "Screens found but none have a usable
configuration..."
How do I clean up this mess and get fglrx working again? I've tried
re-installing fglrx and related packages but to no avail. At startup
I'm forced to choose "Run x in low-graphics mode"
Thanks in advance,
Matthias
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02-17-2009, 05:31 PM
NoOp
How to clean up mess after ATI Catalyst Control Center and Gnome Screen resolution tool?
On 02/17/2009 12:41 AM, Matthias Andersson wrote:
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> Hi!
>
> I have the following problem. I wanted to try hooking up the tv and
> see if I could get it to work in linux as well as in windows but then
> I made a huge mistake, after setting up the resolution using ATI
> Catalyst Control Center I then out of old habit set the resolution
> using System-Preferences-Screen Resolution.
>
> This rendered the screen black and now the fglrx-driver refuses to
> work. I get the error on startup "Screens found but none have a usable
> configuration..."
>
> How do I clean up this mess and get fglrx working again? I've tried
> re-installing fglrx and related packages but to no avail. At startup
> I'm forced to choose "Run x in low-graphics mode"
Boot using the recovery mode; select the xfix option, then continue to
normal boot.
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02-17-2009, 05:40 PM
"H.S."
How to clean up mess after ATI Catalyst Control Center and Gnome Screen resolution tool?
NoOp wrote:
> On 02/17/2009 12:41 AM, Matthias Andersson wrote:
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>> Hi!
>>
>> I have the following problem. I wanted to try hooking up the tv and
>> see if I could get it to work in linux as well as in windows but then
>> I made a huge mistake, after setting up the resolution using ATI
>> Catalyst Control Center I then out of old habit set the resolution
>> using System-Preferences-Screen Resolution.
>>
>> This rendered the screen black and now the fglrx-driver refuses to
>> work. I get the error on startup "Screens found but none have a usable
>> configuration..."
>>
>> How do I clean up this mess and get fglrx working again? I've tried
>> re-installing fglrx and related packages but to no avail. At startup
>> I'm forced to choose "Run x in low-graphics mode"
>
> Boot using the recovery mode; select the xfix option, then continue to
> normal boot.
>
>
Would this work too?
1. Boot normally (but you will not get the login screen)
2. Pres CTRL+F1 to get the terminal.
3. Login using your admin account username and password.
4. Move xorg.conf out of the way using:
$> sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_bakcup
5. Restart gdm using:
$> sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
One should then get the login screen back. Not sure if this method still
works though, in case Ubuntu has done something new and doesn't deal
with xorg.conf anymore.
If thing do not work out, go back to the terminal (CTRL+F1) and move the
xorg file back:
$> sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf_bakcup /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and restart gdm as above.
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02-17-2009, 09:35 PM
NoOp
How to clean up mess after ATI Catalyst Control Center and Gnome Screen resolution tool?
On 02/17/2009 10:40 AM, H.S. wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>> On 02/17/2009 12:41 AM, Matthias Andersson wrote:
>>>
>>> I have the following problem. I wanted to try hooking up the tv and
>>> see if I could get it to work in linux as well as in windows but then
>>> I made a huge mistake, after setting up the resolution using ATI
>>> Catalyst Control Center I then out of old habit set the resolution
>>> using System-Preferences-Screen Resolution.
>>>
>>> This rendered the screen black and now the fglrx-driver refuses to
>>> work. I get the error on startup "Screens found but none have a usable
>>> configuration..."
>>>
>>> How do I clean up this mess and get fglrx working again? I've tried
>>> re-installing fglrx and related packages but to no avail. At startup
>>> I'm forced to choose "Run x in low-graphics mode"
>>
>> Boot using the recovery mode; select the xfix option, then continue to
>> normal boot.
>>
>>
>
> Would this work too?
> 1. Boot normally (but you will not get the login screen)
> 2. Pres CTRL+F1 to get the terminal.
CTRL-ALT-F1
> 3. Login using your admin account username and password.
> 4. Move xorg.conf out of the way using:
> $> sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_bakcup
Note: I think to 'move' xorg.conf out of the way, you'd need to use 'mv'
instead of 'cp':
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_bakcup
> 5. Restart gdm using:
> $> sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
>
> One should then get the login screen back. Not sure if this method still
> works though, in case Ubuntu has done something new and doesn't deal
> with xorg.conf anymore.
>
> If thing do not work out, go back to the terminal (CTRL+F1) and move the
> xorg file back:
> $> sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf_bakcup /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
> and restart gdm as above.
>
>
That might be a way do do it. But there seems to be some 'magic' in the
new xserver/xorg that I don't fully understand (or ever will?), so I'd
just do xfix. It does create a backup of the previous xorg.conf and
renames it by date - example xorg.conf to xorg.conf.20090217142819. You
can however run it from a terminal:
sudo /usr/share/recovery-mode/options/xfix
it's a shell that basically runs 'dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg':
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02-17-2009, 09:47 PM
"H.S."
How to clean up mess after ATI Catalyst Control Center and Gnome Screen resolution tool?
NoOp wrote:
> On 02/17/2009 10:40 AM, H.S. wrote:
>> Would this work too?
>> 1. Boot normally (but you will not get the login screen)
>> 2. Pres CTRL+F1 to get the terminal.
> CTRL-ALT-F1
Yes. Sorry, my bad.
>> 3. Login using your admin account username and password.
>> 4. Move xorg.conf out of the way using:
>> $> sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_bakcup
> Note: I think to 'move' xorg.conf out of the way, you'd need to use 'mv'
No, I didn't mean the 'move' in that sense. The purpose was to make gdm
not find it yet keep a backup as a precaution.
> instead of 'cp':
> sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_bakcup
>> 5. Restart gdm using:
>> $> sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
>>
>> One should then get the login screen back. Not sure if this method still
>> works though, in case Ubuntu has done something new and doesn't deal
>> with xorg.conf anymore.
>>
>> If thing do not work out, go back to the terminal (CTRL+F1) and move the
>> xorg file back:
>> $> sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf_bakcup /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>
>> and restart gdm as above.
>>
>>
>
> That might be a way do do it. But there seems to be some 'magic' in the
> new xserver/xorg that I don't fully understand (or ever will?), so I'd
Aha! Something is going on there I think. I had a suspicion that Ubuntu
was up to some tricks in this regard but I don't know what.
> just do xfix. It does create a backup of the previous xorg.conf and
> renames it by date - example xorg.conf to xorg.conf.20090217142819. You
> can however run it from a terminal:
>
> sudo /usr/share/recovery-mode/options/xfix
Wonderful. Better than having to use a LiveCD, which sometimes can be
confusing to use in special circumstances by novices.
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02-18-2009, 10:21 AM
Matthias Andersson
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I've now tried those 6 steps mentioned in the reply and basically I
removed the xorg.conf file, ran sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh
xserver-xorg after which I ran the aticonfig tool (sudo aticonfig
- --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf) after which I deleted the
xorg.conf file (it was backed up by aticonfig).
Now the System-Administration-Hardware drivers say the proprietary fglrx
driver is in use but the ATI Catalyst Control Center still insists it's
unable to initialize properly due to 1) missing ati hardware or driver
isn't functioning properly.
//Matthias
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02-18-2009, 04:16 PM
NoOp
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On 02/18/2009 03:21 AM, Matthias Andersson wrote:
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> I've now tried those 6 steps mentioned in the reply and basically I
> removed the xorg.conf file, ran sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh
> xserver-xorg after which I ran the aticonfig tool (sudo aticonfig
> - --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf) after which I deleted the
> xorg.conf file (it was backed up by aticonfig).
>
> Now the System-Administration-Hardware drivers say the proprietary fglrx
> driver is in use but the ATI Catalyst Control Center still insists it's
> unable to initialize properly due to 1) missing ati hardware or driver
> isn't functioning properly.
>
Hold on, let's take this one step at a time: you ask how to clean up
after ACCC, did the instructions provided give you back a working desktop?
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02-18-2009, 05:48 PM
Matthias Andersson
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> Hold on, let's take this one step at a time: you ask how to clean up
> after ACCC, did the instructions provided give you back a working desktop?
>
>
I must had missed when I wrote that message - I had to copy
/etc/ati/amdpcsdb to /etc/ati/amdpcsdb.default and now I got a working
compiz desktop with the proprietary driver.
But let me act as an example - either I use ACCC OR
system-preferences-screen-resolution, using them both will hose the
system. That should be underscored in the documentation. =)
Cheers,
Matthias Andersson
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02-18-2009, 06:34 PM
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On 02/18/2009 10:48 AM, Matthias Andersson wrote:
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> > Hold on, let's take this one step at a time: you ask how to clean up
>> after ACCC, did the instructions provided give you back a working desktop?
>>
>>
>
> I must had missed when I wrote that message - I had to copy
> /etc/ati/amdpcsdb to /etc/ati/amdpcsdb.default and now I got a working
> compiz desktop with the proprietary driver.
>
> But let me act as an example - either I use ACCC OR
> system-preferences-screen-resolution, using them both will hose the
> system. That should be underscored in the documentation. =)
You might want to check here to see if you can find a related bug. If
so, add to it. If not file a new one:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bugs
refs:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/fglrx-amdcccle
http://ati.amd.com/products/catalystcontrolcenter/index.html
http://ati.amd.com/products/catalyst/linux.html
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