ok so i need to ad the -- or no and i added the 1400x900 in the xorg.conf and it didnt add the resolutions

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies Inc ATI Default Card"
Monitor "AL1916W"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1440x1440" "1400x1050" "1280x1280" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x921" "1152x864" "1400x900" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1440x1440" "1400x1050" "1280x1280" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x921" "1152x864" "1400x900" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1440x1440" "1400x1050" "1280x1280" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x921" "1152x864" "1400x900" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1440x1440" "1400x1050" "1280x1280" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x921" "1152x864" "1400x900" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1440x1440" "1400x1050" "1280x1280" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x921" "1152x864" "1400x900" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1440x1440" "1400x1050" "1280x1280" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x921" "1152x864" "1400x900" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"

ok i added the -- commands that you gave me and do i still need to add the new resolutions or do i just need to restart now

So did you rerun the aticonfig commands with the double hyphen? If so, what is the output of

cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep fglrx

Btw, what is the maximum resolution that you can get right now?

ok well i would tell you but the computer did a restart and after the Ubuntu loading screen all i get is a black screen and then nothing

No panic, just something misconfigured in xorg.conf for all I know.

Reboot your computer and when GRUB comes on, select the failsafe option (or select the regular boot line, press E, select the kernel line, press E again, append single, press Enter, press B).

If you get to a command line, sign in as root and type:

vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Check which driver it is showing right now.

If it is showing fglrx, not vesa, than the best explanation is that the flgrx driver was not properly installed so that the system is now booting without any driver at all (=blank screen).

To edit type
i
and replace "fglrx" with "vesa"
To exit editing mode type:
ESC
To save changes to disk:
:wq

To quit vi without having made any changes (or if you don't want to save any changes), type
:q!

If you have no clue what is wrong, use this command:
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE
Take note of any error messages; they should point you to the exact line in xorg.conf that is causing the blank screen.

Type

startx

to see whether your changes were successful.

so when the grub comes up press esc and select failsafe mode

If you can use failsafe, you should just select the failsafe line and press Enter.

The other option is useful when even failsafe ends in a blank screen.

i waited until it said GRUB loading and pressed e and nothing happened then i restated and pressed esc and three is no failsafe only recovery and meta something

OK, but did you select (highlight) the Ubuntu bootline first before you pressed E? If it doesn't work, try recovery instead.

how do i highlight i bootline sorry im new to linux and i did try recovery and i said that bash file could not be found

Just use the arrows on your keyboard - but if the Ubuntu line is the first one, you shouldn't need to do any scrolling.

Btw, if nothing works, you can still perform all operations from a liveCD (such as the Ubuntu one, that's fine).

but if i do it form the live cd will it save to my hard disc install im thinking of doing a fresh install because i haven't relay done anything but try get my driver working

The idea of using a liveCD is that you run Ubuntu off the cd but use it to manipulate the xorg.conf file on your installed (and inactive) Ubuntu.

Reinstalling is certainly another option - only that still doesn't give you a properly functioning fglrx driver. You simply wouldn't gain anything. If your Ubuntu were badly broken, OK - but it is just having a minor issue (although the consequences make it look far worse).

Personally, I would try repairing first, you can always reinstall if you're really stuck. But the decision is yours, of course.

well im stuck i cant find the recovery and when pressing e on the grub menu wont seam to work and if i were to install how would i go about not havening a repeat of this problem i don't know why this would happen i flowed the instructions exactly even when i use Ubuntu's restricted driver installer it work