beyond teck

  • Subscribe to our RSS feed.
  • Twitter
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Facebook
  • Digg

Monday, 3 May 2010

Flickering Monitor in Ubuntu 10.04 for ATI Cards

Posted on 18:31 by Unknown
While Ubuntu 10.04, Lucid Lynx really runs like a Lucid Dream, the one thing that I found problematic is not being able to run dual monitors. While dual monitors worked great in Windows and even Ubuntu 9/8 for some reason whenever I tried to set up the second external monitor, it would always flicker and wiggle.

However, thanks to the great people at the Ubuntu forums, it seems like I have found a fix that works. Special thanks to clhsharky for this tip. You can read the full post here.

But here's the gist of it (I've tried this on an ATI x1400 Video card, and it stops the external monitor from flickering):

Update (August 20, 2010): Seems like the rc7 release is available. You might want to download that instead... (see the comments section for more information)
Update (August 21, 2010): As Ryan suggests in his comment below, the rc6/rc7 candidates may contain a security flaw, so you may want to read that first before proceeding...

Go to http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.34-rc6-lucid/ 
and download the following files and install them in this order (depending on which processor you have)

For Intel (x86/64) based processors download and install (installing as in double click the .deb files after downloading it and click install..) the following in this order:
linux-headers-2.6.34-020634rc6_2.6.34-020634rc6_all.deb
linux-headers-2.6.34-020634rc6-generic_2.6.34-020634rc6_i386.deb
linux-image-2.6.34-020634rc6-generic_2.6.34-020634rc6_i386.deb


For AMD processors download and install the following .deb packages in this order:
linux-headers-2.6.34-020634rc6_2.6.34-020634rc6_all.deb
linux-headers-2.6.34-020634rc6-generic_2.6.34-020634rc6_amd64.deb
linux-image-2.6.34-020634rc6-generic_2.6.34-020634rc6_amd64.deb


Finally, after you restart, you'll be able to choose the rc6 kernel while you boot, which should fix the problems.

Again, this may not work for all ATI cards, but it seems to work for mine!

And boy is Ubuntu fast... it loads in ~ 35 seconds on a 4 year old laptop. Impressive... and now I also use dual monitors if I want to!
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Posted in Linux, ubuntu | No comments
Newer Post Older Post Home

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Popular Posts

  • The Beyond-Teck Search Plugin
    I realize that it is hard to come to the site all the time to search for something. Especially when you are studying for tests, using the bl...
  • WeTransfer Job Ad
    I like using WeTransfer to transfer things that don't fit in emails, mainly because the site is fast, has a large upload limit (2GB!) an...
  • Contact Me!
    Okay so you want to contact me for something? No Problem! E-Mail You can send all your questions , comments , tips (I need a lot of those)...
  • How to immitate the immaculate desktop on a Mac
    Having a immaculately super clean desktop for me means that I can concentrate on the task at hand without being distracted by the little ico...
  • The 5 Dollar DIY Laptop Cooling Stand
    You won't find a cheaper laptop stand anywhere. Yup, you guessed it. It's actually a stapler. But guess what? It works! Although it ...
  • Readable - A web app that makes it easier for you to read webpages
    Let's face it... Although we've come a long way from the first webpage on the internet the most used method of communication on the...
  • Google Easter Egg: Change your language to Bork! Bork! Bork!
    Just recently I was watching a video of Marissa Meyer talking about how Google goes about optimizing their site to incease performance and u...
  • Internet Explorer Crashes All the Time
    Recently, I noticed that whenever I used IE for browsing websites (just browsing… average websites without any extraneous java application o...
  • What is Bootsec.Bak? Can I delete it?
    Today when I was browsing through my C: folder, which I don’t always do, I noticed that I had a lot of junk on there. Most of it seemed to b...
  • Fixing Windows or Linux With Knoppix
    Extreme Tech had published a few articles a few days ago on how to use Knoppix to rescue Windows , and now they've published an article...

Categories

  • addons
  • adobe
  • ads
  • adsense
  • apple
  • audio
  • blackberry
  • blog
  • blogger
  • blogging
  • cars
  • cellphones
  • clean
  • code
  • comments
  • cricket
  • downloads
  • ebooks
  • email
  • error
  • file sharing
  • firefox
  • fixes
  • free
  • games
  • gas
  • Gmail
  • google
  • hack
  • hotmail
  • installs
  • instant messaging
  • internet
  • internet explorer
  • ipod
  • laptop
  • Linux
  • Live Writer
  • lol
  • Mac
  • mac. mail
  • mail
  • messenger
  • microsoft
  • Microsoft Word
  • money
  • msn
  • music
  • Musings
  • network
  • news
  • online
  • Outlook
  • page
  • peripherals
  • phones
  • photo
  • photoshop
  • php
  • plagiarism
  • problems
  • productivity
  • programming
  • projects
  • rant
  • Registry
  • Review
  • school
  • Screenshots
  • search
  • security
  • software
  • spam
  • speech
  • speed up windows
  • spyware
  • sysfader
  • technology
  • tip
  • tricks
  • tutorials
  • ubuntu
  • updates
  • video
  • virus
  • voip
  • web
  • wi-fi
  • Windows
  • Windows 7
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows XP
  • wireless
  • work
  • wtf
  • youtube

Blog Archive

  • ►  2013 (5)
    • ►  October (2)
    • ►  August (2)
    • ►  March (1)
  • ►  2012 (6)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  January (2)
  • ►  2011 (19)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  July (8)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  February (4)
    • ►  January (4)
  • ▼  2010 (41)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  October (3)
    • ►  September (3)
    • ►  August (2)
    • ►  July (12)
    • ►  June (2)
    • ▼  May (5)
      • Sending Scheduled Emails through Apple Mail
      • 10 Things to do after a Fresh Ubuntu Install
      • Efficient Cursor Navigation while Coding
      • Flickering Monitor in Ubuntu 10.04 for ATI Cards
      • Making PHP-mode on Emacs 23 Work Properly
    • ►  April (3)
    • ►  March (4)
    • ►  February (4)
    • ►  January (2)
  • ►  2009 (59)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  September (3)
    • ►  August (4)
    • ►  July (4)
    • ►  June (14)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  April (3)
    • ►  March (3)
    • ►  February (4)
    • ►  January (20)
  • ►  2008 (108)
    • ►  December (22)
    • ►  November (10)
    • ►  October (14)
    • ►  August (13)
    • ►  July (13)
    • ►  June (6)
    • ►  May (13)
    • ►  April (10)
    • ►  March (5)
    • ►  January (2)
  • ►  2007 (33)
    • ►  December (8)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  October (4)
    • ►  September (10)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  July (2)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  February (2)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2006 (137)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  July (3)
    • ►  June (9)
    • ►  May (20)
    • ►  April (22)
    • ►  March (33)
    • ►  February (20)
    • ►  January (26)
  • ►  2005 (55)
    • ►  December (12)
    • ►  November (19)
    • ►  October (9)
    • ►  September (15)
  • ►  2001 (1)
    • ►  January (1)
Powered by Blogger.

About Me

Unknown
View my complete profile