Regression: X stuck at 640*480

Chaning to major severity as this renders the install useless (half the dialogs doesn't fit on the screen)

What error do you get using your 5.10 xorg.conf file? It may be failing because of missing the binary ati driver.
However, try running `sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg` to fix your screen resolution.

I'm sending this off to the installer crew, and hoping i make the correct call.

In general any bug about X setup after the install belongs on xorg.

In theory, it should work, but then, it didn't on your side. Please attach Xorg.0.log and the original xorg.conf after installing Flight 6. thanks.

I had this on a new install of flight 6 also. Flight 5 worked fine.

I fixed it by booting in recovery mode and adding

        HorizSync 30-85
        VertRefresh 75

to the 'Section "Monitor"' section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf

After that it worked fine.

Xorg.conf generated by ubuntu 5.10 installation. Using this in dapper drake does not solve the problem, but it works flawless in 5.10

The xorg.conf that dapper drake flight 6 generates

The X log file when I use the 5.10 xorg.conf in dapper drake

Log file for using the dapper drake generated xorg.conf

I hope the above attachments provides the information needed, otherwise tell me what I need to do to collect more ;-)

As you can see from the 5.10 xorg.conf is uses chris' suggestion, but it does not work in my case.

I have not tried the `sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg` trick yet... will do and report back.

Same thing! I was trying to install using the live cd, but after logging in, the only allowed resolution is 640x480@60Hz. I can not install it because I can't see the buttons to continue the installation process...
My video card is Nvidia Geforce4, the monitor Samsung SynMaster 793MB.
In my case, this bug keeps appearing since Ubuntu 5.10 and I always have to add to xorg.conf, in the Monitor section, the fields HorizSync = 30-70; VertRefresh = 50-160.
Hope you fix it soon! Thank's!

Two more findings:

* the dpkg-reconfigure did not do the trick..

* I have tried to download the new beta release and the problem persists :-( I have tried to press "F4" before booting the live/install CD and choose 1600*1200 (both 16 and 32 bit).. The boot progress apears to be in the correct resolution, however when it start gnome to display the desktop it reverts back to 640*480

Henrik, try setting the color depth to 16 bit, and then try to change resolution. Saw similar issue with via driver some time ago...

Herink can you please go to console, stop gdm and provide me the output of:
sudo xresprobe ati
?

Thanks
Fabio

I have the same problem. After upgrading from breezy (the display worked perfectly at breezy or hoary) to dapper, I got this 640x480@60 resolution and I don't know how to change it. Now I'm using the beta2 liveCD, and still have this problam. I have ATI 9100 card and LCD ViewSonic VA712 screen.
I'll upload some files..

Thanks!

the xorg.conf beta2 livecd generated

my dmesg

the log file

the output of the command xresprobe ati

Inserting my monitor's frequencies: HorizSync 30-82 and VertRefresh 50-85 (30-70 & 50-160 works too) solve the problem, so I can use now 1280x1024@75.
But it should be done automaticaly...

Thanks!

ok i fixed the ati part of this bug. For the others please file separate bugs with all the required info like configs and logs.

Fabio

PS packages will be available on CD sometimes during the 4th of May.

xorg (1:7.2-3ubuntu1) gutsy; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian unstable. Remaining changes:
    - debian/control, debian/scripts/vars.sparc, debian/rules:
      + Makes xorg Architecture: any and use an extra variable
        to not Depends on type-handling.
    - debian/control:
      + Keep meta-packages for xbase-clients, xutils.
      + Change the Maintainer-field.
      + Add replaces for xinit since we now ship Xsession from x11-common.
        Ditto for xrgb as we ship rgb.txt in x11-common.
      + xserver-xorg: Add dependancy "OR xserver-xorg-video" because
        the restricted drivers provide that.
    - debian/local/Xsession:
      + If ~/.xsession-errors is bigger than 0.5MiB, truncate it to the last
        0.5MiB to avoid having it grow indefinitively. (This does not happen
        with gdm anyway since gdm cleans the file on login). (LP #60448)
    - debian/local/dexconf:
      + Uncoditionally re-enable ZAxisMapping in dexconf. (LP: #31827)
      + Add InputDevice entries for wacom.
      + Add extra bits for ps3fb xorg.conf.
      + Read xserver-xorg/config/device/extra_options key, parse it
        (first token is option name, rest of the line after first space
        is value), and add it as Option lines to the device section.
        (LP: #90109)
      + Add special case for i810 with 3M TouchScreen monitors to set a
        resolution of 800x600 and avoid probing since it will fail miserably
        in xserver-xorg.postinst. Also make sure to write Option "DisplayInfo"
        "False" in Device Section in dexconf if the above combination is
        matched otherwise the card will display extra unrequired info each
        time X attempts a startup. (touches also xserver-xorg.postinst.in)
      + Due to a very annoying DRI/DRM bug, make sure to use OldDmaInit
        when writing down the Device section for mga driver. This will make
        DRI working at least for AGP cards. PCI didn't work before and it will
        keep not working since the option does explicitly disable DRI for PCI.
        (LP: #27442)
      + Enable elographics driver when matching known machines.
      + Disable composite when using the fglrx driver. It does not support
        composition, and enabling it by default (as recently done in
        xorg-server) breaks DRI for fglrx. (LP: #90688)
    - debian/scripts/vars.i386:
      + Add xserver-xorg-input-elographics to XSERVER_XORG_INPUT_DEPENDS.
    - debian/xserver-xorg.postinst.in:
      + Add lt to list of non-Latin keymaps (LP: #38931).
      + Make sure to ask video driver on sparc even if autodetected. Some
        cards still require weird overrides (ati -> fbdev) that are not
        100% known in all combinations.
      + Skip video card autodetection if xforcevesa is set
        (LP #27020, #59618).
      + Detect keyboard layout configuration using /etc/default/console-setup
        if available.
      + Clean up duplicate keymaps in xserver-xorg.config.in and make sure
        they're all neatly alphabetised.
      + Map cf console keymap to ca(fr).
      + Map croat console keymap to hr. (LP: #43598)
      + Set default keyboard variant for French to oss (LP: #89835).
      + Map...