Badly out of my depth ...
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Re: Badly out of my depth ...
I am not sure, but that card might be supported by the i810 driver. Try that first, looks like it isn't fully supported by the intel driver.
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You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.
--Dean Martin
Re: Badly out of my depth ...
The intel driver is experimental, but it works just perfect on my card, 9 something. As for reverting to vesa, pretty easy, just follow these steps:
1. Boot into recovery mode, as it boots into root right away it makes it easier.
2. Type: nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf which should allow you to edit xorg.conf
3. Use Ctrl+W to search, or browse down to Driver "intel", change "intel" to "vesa". (alternately "i810")
4. Press Ctrl+X, Y then Enter
5. Type in: reboot -t now
Should have reverted to vesa now :=)
1. Boot into recovery mode, as it boots into root right away it makes it easier.
2. Type: nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf which should allow you to edit xorg.conf
3. Use Ctrl+W to search, or browse down to Driver "intel", change "intel" to "vesa". (alternately "i810")
4. Press Ctrl+X, Y then Enter
5. Type in: reboot -t now
Should have reverted to vesa now :=)
You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.
--Dean Martin
Re: Badly out of my depth ...
Looks like it is failsafe X, conservative X.org settings. Try using a live session to edit xorg.conf. My mistake, I thought Recovery mode booted into a shell and not a failsafe X session.
You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.
--Dean Martin
Re: Badly out of my depth ...
Is that the live one?
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Re: Badly out of my depth ...
Well, if the live cd works like it should, you should just be able to copy that xorg.conf file to your hard drive. If that doesn't work for some reason then boot up normally and when it gets to the log in screen press ctrl+alt+f1 and that should pull up the CLI, Log in and type sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg. Then reboot.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
Re: Badly out of my depth ...
That xorg.conf looks like it should be working. Try booting normally, open Screen Resolution (Windows+Space, type Screen Resolution till you get a hit) and press detect screen. After that, set the correct resolution and then try to reboot.
You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.
--Dean Martin
Re: Badly out of my depth ...
Strange. Try as the previous poster said, get a working xorg.conf from a live session over to the hard drive. First mount your root partition (probably to /media/disk or something), then run:
That *should* give you a working xorg.conf, if it doesn't work then it could be something wrong with X.org.
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sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /media/disk/etc/X11/xorg.confYou're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.
--Dean Martin
Re: Badly out of my depth ...
Are you sure the partition is mounted? And it is cp "file to copy" "file to copy too".
You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.
--Dean Martin
Re: Badly out of my depth ...
No problems, good to see you got it working again 
You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.
--Dean Martin