I followed those instructions on my Averatec 3280, and it seems to work now (I am still booting into text mode and using 'startx' to start the X server. The only problem I have now is that X starts in a very high res screen mode that doesn't work properly on this system - the screen contents are magnified past the edges of the screen. Also when I selected 1024x768, the refresh rate shows as 0 (but it works ok, apparently. So I edited xorg.conf to specify the monitor characteristics more closely - I've attached that.
On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 11:00 AM, j.eason <j...@easonmail.com> wrote: > I also have an averatec 3280 that had this problem when installing > intrepid. I installed it anyway from the desktop cd in safe graphics > mode. > > After reading <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source > /xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/+bug/299631">bug #299631</a>, I compiled > openchrome from svn as described <a > href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenChrome";>here</a> and that > solved the X freeze (at least so far). I can also shut down without the > screen flashing etc. > > -- > Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296142 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/22311004/xorg.conf -- Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296142 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
