I think i had that same problem like two days ago. Check this thread, the last post from ThePistonDoctor. I had to add modes to the "Screen" section, like this:



Section "Screen"
Identifier...

I recently followed this video tutorial and it worked like a charm. Maybe you want to check it out as well. Good luck.

I finally figured it out. I had to add some extra lines to the xorg.conf. For people reading this topic and who have similar problems (and zero experience with X), here are some links:


X11...

That definitely fixed my screen (for now) ;)
There's still the issue with have no mouse, but i probably guess i have to configure it in xorg.conf aswell?
I found a nice howto on configuring X so i...

Second part:

I installed my Sapphire HD 4870 graphic card with the drivers provided by ATI (v8.791). To bad it didn't have much result. Instead i'm just receiving more errors :P

When i do Xorg...

My latest efforts in my quest to get the system running ;)

If i do whereis xorg.conf in Fedora is get the following directories:

cd /usr/lib/xorg

modules
protocol.txt

cd /usr/share/xorg

Thanks for your quick replies!
I read some articles and howtos on the X server. I'm trying to backup the X settings of my Fedora install, in which the mouse and the screen is working fine. However,...

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I am new to backtrack and to the backtrack forums. I hope I can learn and contribute a lot here, but i first need to figure out how to get everything working ;) I've got some history...

Hey there!

I'm new to backtrack. I hope to learn a lot here!

Ciao!