** Description changed: The live CD of versions * 7.10 * 8.04 will fail to start X server on laptops using the on-board graphic card ATI XPRESS 1250 - Editing xorg.conf and manually setting driver to "ati" will also fail. - - Pulling radeon from git with the procedure discribed here [1] and - applying the patch from Alex Deucher [2], then compiling [3] and finally - editing xorg.conf to use that driver solves the problem. - - Please ask for more information if needed, - reagards, - - - [1] : - sudo apt-get install build-essential git-core configure-debian automake autoconf xorg-dev libtool - git-clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-radeon - [2]: - download from https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15914 - the file https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=16507 and applying it: - patch -p1 -i rs600-2.diff - [3]: - cd xf86-video-radeon/; ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/; make; sudo make install
** Description changed: The live CD of versions * 7.10 * 8.04 - will fail to start X server on laptops using the on-board graphic card ATI XPRESS 1250 + will fail to start X server on laptops using the on-board graphic card ATI XPRESS 1250. + + needs backport of newer -ati. + The problem is fixed in intrepid -- Live-CD (7.10, 8.04) fails to start X server (ATI Xpress 1250) - needs backport of newer -ati https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211759 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
