Fblade1987 Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Hey guys well the story is as follows, I recently bought a new lcd monitor, after a couple of days using it i thought i wonder what it is like with linux on it, so i got my copy of ubuntu out restarted my machine choose the option i wanted and waited patiently but then all of a sudden a blue console came up saying that xorg had failed with the graphics. :shock: so i quickly booted back up in windows got onto the irc and asked for a solution well i got told it was because i was a dvi plug which i wasn't when i originally had ubuntu installed so i got told i should just go back to standard vga cable, so i did but hated it because i couldn't get the true resolution i had before with the vga cable. so my question is, is there a way i can install linux(pref ubuntu or pclinux) on my machine using my dvi lcd monitor? thanks for time Matthew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Hmmm... post the xorg log file here please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fblade1987 Posted November 2, 2006 Author Share Posted November 2, 2006 how can i copy the xorg log file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbiac Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 do you have the appropriate divers? (ati nvidia) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fblade1987 Posted November 2, 2006 Author Share Posted November 2, 2006 i have what ever comes on the ubuntu live cd as i havnt installed it to update drivers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 with the cp command ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Hook it up via vga (or log in via ssh) Install graphics drivers for your card try X with dvi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fblade1987 Posted November 4, 2006 Author Share Posted November 4, 2006 ok so i got all this sorted but something strange now seems to happen i upgraded to ubuntu eddy eft then installed drivers back on but now when i come to screen saver or logout screen the monitor goes on standby any idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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