Ubuntu
xserver-xorg-video-ati package

  1. Bug #214105
  2. Comment #16

Comment 16 for bug 214105

Revision history for this message
Tormod Volden (tormodvolden) wrote : Re: Freeze with ati driver during boot on 8.04

Thanks. I forgot to answer your question: You should be able to define initial mode with for instance this in the Monitor section:
 Option "PreferredMode" "1152x864"
Or you can set a small "Virtual" size so that it limits the highest resolution.