I remember I had a similar problem with an old Latitude C800 with nvidia
geforce (2 or 4?). The display was 1400x1050 (I think this is the
problem). I do not remember exactly how I fixed the bug. I think that I
installed the nvidia driver, I edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf and everything
worked.
I suggest:
- you install ubuntu;
- you install the ATI driver;
- you edit xorg.conf;
- you restart X11.

Alex.

sanktepernr2 a écrit :
>
>
> Hi.
>
> Dell Inspiron 8000 with ATI Mobility M4 graphics!
> Iam a tester who want to be a user of linux and I have chosen Ubuntu
> to be my distro at the moment.
>
> Since this is an very old laptop I first thought linux would just work
> on it and then I thought that maybe it is easier to find newer laptops
> that work since manufacturers nowadays put more effort into making
> linux work on Dell machines.
>
> Anyway I've tried to get Ubuntu up and running on my Dell Inspiron
> 8000 machine.
> Sadly to say both Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10 have problems\bugs with the Ati
> Mobility M4 discrete graphics cards and the touchpad isn't working
> either. I've filed a bug in launchpad and we're trying to see if there
> is a coresponding bug in the X.org bugzilla\tracker but no exact match
> have been decided upon.
>
> If anyone knows of this problem and how to solv it or wants to help
> fix\triage the bug you can find it here:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247771
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247771>
>
> There are ATI RPM packages on the Dell support site but if those are
> in ubuntu or not I don't know. The corrupted screen can be mittigated
> by connecting an external display though this only brings a correct
> picture on the internal laptop display and doesn't recognize the
> external display witch in my case is an Samsung Syncmaster 213T.
>
> Iam glad for all the hlep I can get since this is stopping me from
> migrating to linux!
>
> Thansk for YOUR help!
>
>


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