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http://ubuntuforums.org – I recently installed ubuntu 9.10 on an ibm desktop, The bottom half of the monitor is black and the desktop can not be seen. I read on a forum that the display should be set to vesa in xorg.conf, I have searched and can not find it. (Hardware)

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