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<font size="+1">Interesting.. I'm glad that the 11.04 xorg.conf and
hocus pocus worked.</font><br>
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<big>Given the problems with jockey, I would probably just forget
trying to use that and try installing the ATI proprietary drivers
from their site, if you're feeling adventurous.. I don't have any
clues off the top of my head about why the jockey interface isn't
working right.<br>
<br>
The Live CDs generate their config on the fly, without a config
file, xorg has some nifty features for that. Yeah, theoretically
the Live CDs are supposed to be the same as a default install, but
it never seems to work that way in reality. I think perhaps
because they're trying to support a wider range of hardware with
the Live CD, or simply because the Live CD is using slightly
different versions of various software and hardware databases, but
it's all speculation on my part. As far as the mouse problems
with the Live CD, I have seen strange problems with mice
(especially trackpads) and Live CDs. I don't have much in the way
of guesses here.</big><br>
<br>
<big>I have found with some computers (frequently with inexpensive
HPs., and inexpensive computers in general), Linux just has more
issues with them because of bizarre combinations of cheap hardware
the manufacturer uses to tweak their costs down as much as
possible. So fighting issues like this on cheap computers seems
to just be par for the course.</big><br>
<big><br>
Anyway, I hope this helps in some way..<br>
<br>
- Chris</big><br>
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On 05/26/2012 01:37 PM, s smith wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4FC13EF4.20409@sonic.net" type="cite">Hi
Chris.
<br>
<br>
Thanks for the reply. I got it working and the results are
below. Thanks for mentioning xorg.conf. I copied the working
11.04 conf file into the 12.04 directory and after doing the
suitable goats entrails on the keyboard at midnight etc...
rebooted and it worked. Miracles still happen I guess :) See
below for other things I did first.
<br>
<br>
On 05/25/2012 05:11 PM, Christopher Wagner wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">
<br>
When you say the ATI drivers, where are you getting the drivers
from (the AMD site or Ubuntu repositories) and are you getting
some sort of error when you try to install (if so, what)? Also,
sometimes I find that I need to shut down X and install the
drivers from the command line when using the proprietary
drivers.
<br>
</blockquote>
In the system tools settings menu there is an 'unsupported
drivers' item that has (in my case) an ATI driver's section that
has proprietary drivers 'tested but not supported by Ubuntu.' My
computer is a little HP they probably didn't hit this
configuration in their testing. I already know it's power-supply
limited and won't support another display but don't care. It's
quad-core 64-bit 12Gb 1Tb system for $300. I bought it for
compute power not display.
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">
<br>
My initial thought is that there's a syntax problem in the X
config (perhaps a bug).. Is this a clean install?
<br>
</blockquote>
yes.
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">
<br>
Could you reply and attach the xorg.conf file?
<br>
</blockquote>
more below...
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">
<br>
I use dual monitors frequently in Linux, but almost always with
nVidia cards and not with 12.04 yet, so I don't know how much I
can help but I'm willing to try.
<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
I have the log file and saw lots of debug warnings but no errors
-- unless the last debug statement is the error. The log file is
/var/log/jockey.log. I attached the last few lines but will be
more than happy to send you the whole thing.
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">- Chris
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
<br>
Out of curiosity I rebooted the live CD to do some testing. I am
able to select the right configuration. The live CD identifies
the new monitor correctly as an "AOC 23" where the install finds a
"laptop." Interestingly there is no /etc/X11/xorg.conf on the
live boot so they are doing something entirely different for
graphics on the live-CD. This also means that just because you
can configure your displays on the live CD -- you can't assume
things will work when the system is installed. Also, the mouse
on the live-cd didn't work correctly in dual-monitor mode.
<br>
<br>
After copying the 11.04 conf file into the 12.04 /etc/X11
directory the system still identified my new monitor as a laptop
and I still had to go through the configuration process -- but
everything worked including my wacom. I still can't install the
proprietary drivers though...
<br>
<br>
I have the working and non-working files and will be posting to
the guys with a problem. If you want my files, please let me
know. I'll be more than happy to send 'em.
<br>
<br>
Steve S.
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