Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: xorg
I've just installed Xubuntu-8.10 on a computer with an ASUS M2N
motherboard, AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core BE-2400 CPU, and a ATI Radeon HD
2400 PRO graphics card.
I had some problems with X: after booting from the installation cd,
instead of starting X, the screen went blank, and after a while into
stand by where it remained. I then tried the alternate install disk.
Installation from that went smoothly, but when (re)booting the newly
installed system, starting X failed again with the same symptom; screen
in stand by. I switched to a virtual console, and after lots of trial
and error I was able to make X work the following way:
1. Install the radeonhd driver (xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd)
2. Through 'Xorg -configure' + heavy hand editing, create the xorg.conf file in
the attachment.
And with that it seems to work nicely. Problem solved for me. I
decided to report it anyway to
a) Make developers aware that the automatic X configuration tool on
(X)ubuntu-8.10 has a problem with ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO cards
b) Tell other users having the same problem that there's a workaround
** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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X doesn't work on "ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO" in 8.10
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/299590
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