I reported Bug #195918, which has been declared a duplicate of this Bug #194963: both about the ATI prop.driver causing no output at all.
I found a *workaround* for this ATI / fglrx / xorg.conf bug: Short description: use the fglrx xorg.conf of Ubuntu 7.10 on Ubuntu 8.04 Long description: First, I re-installed Ubuntu 7.10 on my machine, booted it, accepted the installation of the proprietary ATI drivers, rebooted, and (still on Ubuntu 7.10!) got a working ATI / fglrx Xorg. Great. I saved that xorg.conf from Ubuntu 7.10 onto another harddisk (or web or usb stick). Then I then installed Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 5, booted it, accepted the installation of the proprietary ATI drivers, did *not* yet reboot, copied the ubuntu 7.10 xorg.conf onto /etc/X11 of Ubuntu 8.04, and then rebooted. Et voila: I had output! Finally, via the Ubuntu GUI, I changed the screen resolution to something I liked more. (BTW: after commenting out the Extensions/Composite stuff in xorg.conf, I was able to activate Compiz and the Desktop Cube) Conclusion: yes, the ATI / fglrx does work on Ubuntu 8.04, but the plain xorg.conf is not enough. Workaround as above. The *solution* for this bug would be a correct xorg.conf, for example the one automagically generated on and by Ubuntu 7.10. But probably a cleaner/sparser xorg.conf (maybe only with Depth 24) would do too. I've included the functinal xorg.conf, but it has probably little value to other users, as it contains my specific hardware. ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf made by Ubuntu 7.10 working on Ubuntu 8.04" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12327805/xorg.conf -- ATI Driver not working on Compaq V2321US (Xpress200) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194963 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
