upgrade from 6.02 to 6.1 video issue

cbrspeed · 04-16-2009, 10:51 AM

I upgraded last night but I am unable to get the video resolution set correctly. I noticed that the system uses xorg-untangle-vesa.conf and not the default xorg.conf which is empty. I did have the box connected to a KVM during the upgrade so I am assuming this is the "fix" that was put into place to help with the KVM switches and video resolutions but when I try adding to the xorg-untangle-vesa.conf my changes get deleted upon restart. I have it plugged into a monitor now.

any ideas?

I am going to just re install from ISO ...

jbrandwood · 04-16-2009, 05:21 PM

See ...

http://forums.untangle.com/installat...html#post55518

cbrspeed · 04-18-2009, 07:06 AM

Thank you for helping. I did read that post and others before posting but my problem was that it no longer used xorg.conf and any edits to xorg-untangle-vesa.conf would get removed upon restart.

It is running great but I am going to try installing it again this week with a monitor hooked up and not the KVM.

chewtoy11 · 04-18-2009, 09:22 AM

I also ran into this problem using a KVM. I did have better results by installing without the KVM connected (i.e. It seemed to work, and afterwards I could hook it back up to the KVM).

YMMV, but another less-desirable workaround would be to see if (Ctrl_Alt_+) and (Ctrl_Alt_-) can help you immediately switch to a better resolution. Ultimately, the problem appears to be a refresh issue, which might mean you'd have to switch to a terribly low resolution to get video working that way.

Just thought I'd throw out another potential workaround.

jbrandwood · 04-18-2009, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cbrspeed

Thank you for helping. I did read that post and others before posting but my problem was that it no longer used xorg.conf and any edits to xorg-untangle-vesa.conf would get removed upon restart.

It is running great but I am going to try installing it again this week with a monitor hooked up and not the KVM.

AFAIK, Untangle does still use xorg.conf. It certainly does on my machine, or the fix in the other thread wouldn't have worked.

There is a comment in the default xorg.conf that it is only updated IF it hasn't been altered from the original version.

You may want to try "sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg" to regenerate the default xorg.conf which you can then edit as described in the other thread.

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cbrspeed Newbie Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 4	upgrade from 6.02 to 6.1 video issue I upgraded last night but I am unable to get the video resolution set correctly. I noticed that the system uses xorg-untangle-vesa.conf and not the default xorg.conf which is empty. I did have the box connected to a KVM during the upgrade so I am assuming this is the "fix" that was put into place to help with the KVM switches and video resolutions but when I try adding to the xorg-untangle-vesa.conf my changes get deleted upon restart. I have it plugged into a monitor now. any ideas? I am going to just re install from ISO ... Last edited by cbrspeed; 04-16-2009 at 01:06 PM.. Reason: going to re install it

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04-16-2009, 05:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
jbrandwood Newbie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 10	See ... http://forums.untangle.com/installat...html#post55518

04-18-2009, 07:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
cbrspeed Newbie Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 4	Thank you for helping. I did read that post and others before posting but my problem was that it no longer used xorg.conf and any edits to xorg-untangle-vesa.conf would get removed upon restart. It is running great but I am going to try installing it again this week with a monitor hooked up and not the KVM.

04-18-2009, 09:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
chewtoy11 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Indiana Posts: 10	I also ran into this problem using a KVM. I did have better results by installing without the KVM connected (i.e. It seemed to work, and afterwards I could hook it back up to the KVM). YMMV, but another less-desirable workaround would be to see if (Ctrl_Alt_+) and (Ctrl_Alt_-) can help you immediately switch to a better resolution. Ultimately, the problem appears to be a refresh issue, which might mean you'd have to switch to a terribly low resolution to get video working that way. Just thought I'd throw out another potential workaround.