ATI makes me wanna die !

[viciousxp]

well this is the third time ATI has ruined my day..

i installed the driver.. and.. bang no monitors detected x server fails to load..
im stuck in command prompt hell i dont know what to do..

how do i go back to my old settings ?
basically what are the commands i need to plug in to load up the old config files.. god i hate all these driver problems !

thanks for wtv help you can give me !

[teilzeitstudent]

Originally Posted by viciousxp

well this is the third time ATI has ruined my day..

i installed the driver.. and.. bang no monitors detected x server fails to load..
im stuck in command prompt hell i dont know what to do..

how do i go back to my old settings ?
basically what are the commands i need to plug in to load up the old config files.. god i hate all these driver problems !

thanks for wtv help you can give me !

Hrhr. You've just gotta love ATI
Well, the installer *should* have saved your old configuration in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx-0.
Just copy it back

# cd /etc/X11
# cp xorg.conf xorg.conf.backup
# cp xorg.conf.fglrx-0 xorg.conf

(As root of course; second line makes a backup of ur current config).
You might have more than just one old config, take the one with the highest number; it shoul dbe the latest pre-ATI setting.
However, those times the ATI stuff messed up my settings, using the old config didn't help a bit. If it does not help for you either, please post the xorg.conf.backup and one of the fglrx-0 backups.

[viciousxp]

so miraculously i pressed something and linux automatically reset the display settings..
but i really need to get these ATI drivers working, so i can get the video outputs to work correctly as well as the dual monitors.. can someone please help me out with this ! ?