Problem with Gateway FPD 1500 monitor

[martinfromdublin]

I was running Ubuntu 8.10 on what used to be a server & is now serving as a stand-alone Ubuntu machine. It's got an MSI motherboard with a Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz processor & 2 Gig RAM. The video card has DVI & VGA outputs & this is where the problem begins. The monitor is a Gateway FPD 1500 1024x768 flat panel & originally appeared not to be supported by Ubuntu but I discovered if I simultainously connected
both the flat panel via DVI and my shared VGA monitor (the VGA monitor serves another Linux box and an old WIN 98 machine via a switching box) I could get the display to first show on the VGA and after login it would appear properly on both. But as support for 8.10 is ending I upgraded to 9.10 via the update manager. Now if I try to boot up using either the DVI Gateway flan panel alone or with it and the VGA connected, the machines hangs after login. However, if I disconnect the the DVI Gatteway monitor, the machine boots normally.

Obviously, the necessary driver was removed during the upgrade but I can't find a Ubuntu driver for this monitor & connection type, does this mean I am stuck with it like this? I would prefer to use the flat panel as the picture is easier on the eyes and the VGA monitor is needed for other machines. I also tried a DVI to VGA adaptor and it wouldn't work meaning the monitor is DVI only.

Any suggestions?

[martinfromdublin]

I resolved this issue by downgrading to 9.04 as 9.10 appears to be the problem itself,the necessary driver is not present in 9.10.

I hope this helps someone with the same issue as it took me 5 hours of trial-and-error to get to the bottom of the problem.