[ale] Ubuntu 8.04 and reconfigure X

[philips_jim at bellsouth.net (Jim Philips)]

On Sunday 27 April 2008 10:06:42 am Chris Fowler wrote:
> I tried to upgrade a system from 7.10 to 8.04.  The upgrader had
> problems and locked.  I then installed 8.04 fresh.  Now my video will
> not go past 800x600.  I tried execution 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg'
> and it will not even try to detect my card.  It asks about the frame
> buffer and I answer no.  When I answer no it goes straight to keyboard
> config.
>
> I'm going to install 7.10 and configure my card.  I will then try to do
> an upgrade directly to 8.04.
>
> Chris

I wasn't happy with the upgrade when I tried it. I ended up doing a fresh 
install, which has been very stable and bug-free. Got rid of a lot of cruft 
into the bargain. I just back up home directories on another partition.