Thread: Ubuntu

Ok, so I have been useing ubuntu for a while now.
And I just had to reinstall it because when I reset it, I get a black screen (were the log in screen should be)
And it says
"Out of range 71.5KHX/60HZ"
Or something like that..
It did that when I tried to update the driver, so the windows would be all wobly ...
But yeah, I hate doing it because, I gota always run the updates, and its like 182 updates, and I lose all my themes, pictures, and music,
anything I can do to keep this from happening again?
Also I have to log into ubuntu using the fail safe gnome.. Whats up with that? I can use the x client or anything like that.. Not even gnome!

do you have an old-ish ATI card?

Yeah its old.
Its all dusty... hmm jk lmfao
Yeah it is old though. So will I have to deal without the cool special effects unless I get a new one?

no,
there's a bug in the proprietary ATI driver, that affects older cards
the bug dumps stupid refresh rates down the card to the monitor, and results in "out of range" messages on your monitor

I *think* you can fix it just by reconfiguring xorg

Code:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

unfortunately, being in the AMD proprietary driver, no-one but AMD can fix it, and they don't seem to bothered by it...

as for losing all your stuff,
plonk your /home on a separate partition
doing this, you can reinstall Ubuntu (or any distro) and not lose anything
all your files, settings, email, etc. are stored in /home/username

so if it's on a separate partition, you can wipe and reinstall your OS, and your stuff is untouched

see here
http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/01/...own-partition/

To late...
I already reinstaled ubuntu on the whole drive..
Thanks for your help
So I should run the command then try and re update the video drivers then?

Oh and I would have to reinstal Ubuntu to type the command anyways.
I couldent get anywear the way it was..
No terminal at all..
Ubuntu is already reinstallled on my computer.
so would it be ok to go ahead and run the command?

And why I am talking about it, is there a way to use itunes? JW.
I Mean I dislike the other music programs it comes with but I can deal if I have to..