I have the same problem with an Ati X1200 integrated in chipset AMD RS690M. I have copied the xorg file generated by the ubuntu 7.10 livecd, and it works now. I think the problem is not in vesa driver, beacuse of the output in xorg.log I attached my log.
** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11075475/Xorg.0.log -- [ATI X1300] Could not generate /etc/X11/xorg.conf.failsafe https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174434 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs