Comment 18 for bug 296142

Here are the xorg files that have worked for me.

xorg.#1 is the INITIAL file that got me into the Averatec 3280; it is a modified version of the generic xorg file.

xorg.#2 is the file that I am running now with no problems. It is the output from the KDE 3 video hardware setup.

" Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it " - Santayana

I hold to the FATALIST PORCINE philosophy of life:

 " I PINK, therefore I HAM "

--- On Tue, 1/27/09, Peter Belew <email address hidden> wrote:
From: Peter Belew <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 1:36 AM

Here's another experiment: I booted the jaunty alpha-3 CD in text mode,
then mounted a disk volume and created a directory to save the resulting
xorg.conf and the soon-to-be generated /var/log/Xorg.0.log file in. I
opened a second console (ctl-alt-F2) and changed to the new directory in
both consoles, logged in as root. I ran the following commands in the
2nd console

  sleep 60; cp /var/log/Xorg.0.log . ; sync

then immediately switched to the first console and executed "startx".

after a while, the screen turned all gray, with a tiny round 'wait'
cursor appearing near the top of the screen (rotating as normal for such
a cursor). After several minutes, there was no further change to the
screen, so I shut the system down with the power button.

After restarting the system into one of the working Linux versions on
the system, I found a generic xorg.conf file (which I manually saved on
the hard disk before I did the above steps) and the Xorg.0.log file
which was saved after the startx command.

The xorg.conf file contains the following "Device" section

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

and I am attaching the log file.

** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log from starting X from text mode, jaunty
alpha-3"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21672337/Xorg.0.log

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