[NetBehaviour] Screen resolution in Ubuntu
ricardo ruiz
doutorsocratesoreidofutebol at gmail.com
Sun Jul 27 17:42:19 CEST 2008
hi marc
can you please post to us:
# lspci
and than
# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and copy/paste both results in here?
On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 12:29 PM, marc garrett
<marc.garrett at furtherfield.org> wrote:
> Hi Pall,
>
> Yes - we've used mainly Suse & Redhat before, and nothing has gone
> wrong. Well, not much anyway.
>
> New operating systems seems to cause problems because the hardware is
> not as up to date as, the new software it seems.
>
> thanks :-)
>
> marc
>
>
>> If, for your recycling project, you're planning on using older laptops
>> there's a better chance that Ubuntu will properly identify the
>> hardware. Older hardware has had more time to get properly integrated
>> into Linux. It's usually newer hardware that gives you problems. If
>> you plan to run Linux on a new laptop it's a good idea to check if the
>> hardware already supported.
>>
>> I've loaded Linux on to a lot of old laptops and very seldom run into
>> major problems other than sleep/hibernate stuff not working.
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 2:55 PM, marc garrett
>> <marc.garrett at furtherfield.org <mailto:marc.garrett at furtherfield.org>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Pall,
>>
>> Yes, all what you say is definitely what I am dealing with. I am
>> currently waiting for the computer suppliers themselves to come up
>> with
>> something useful - nothing from them for 12 hrs though.
>>
>> It seems that this is not an unusual problem for laptops/ubuntu style.
>> There are solutions but quite dramatic ones, I will pursue this a
>> little
>> while longer for about a week maximum and if it does not work, another
>> linux/OS will have to be used.
>>
>> >it should fall back on a xorg.conf.failsafe file if something
>> goes wrong.
>>
>> I've done this - but I am beginning to suspect that it really
>> comes down
>> to the spec of the comp-makers.
>>
>> One of the reasons that I chose Ubuntu, was because we wanted to offer
>> recycled/free laptops to kids locally with free (non proprietorial)
>> operating systems from our furtherfield/HTTP space in London. I also
>> wanted upload pure:dyne on them as well, they things are going it's
>> going to be a rather painful summer...
>>
>> Much thanks for your suggestions, I will attempt them :-)
>>
>> marc
>>
>>
>> > Hi Marc,
>> > This means that Ubuntu isn't recognizing the hardware. There's
>> really
>> > no simple way of fixing this. You have to figure out what is the
>> > correct driver and manually configure everything around that.
>> >
>> > If you know exactly what your video card is you could try doing
>> this:
>> >
>> > mess up your xorg.conf file in /etc/X11/ (Should probably make a
>> > backup first). You'll have to sudo to make changes to it. It's
>> > probably even ok to delete it, it should fall back on a
>> > xorg.conf.failsafe file if something goes wrong.
>> >
>> > Then reboot your computer and it should tell you that it can't
>> display
>> > properly based on /etc/X11/xorg.conf and provides you with a graphic
>> > interface for selecting your video card, driver, properties, etc.
>> >
>> > Who knows, might work.
>> >
>> > Pall
>> >
>> > On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 11:58 AM, marc garrett
>> > <marc.garrett at furtherfield.org
>> <mailto:marc.garrett at furtherfield.org>
>> <mailto:marc.garrett at furtherfield.org
>> <mailto:marc.garrett at furtherfield.org>>>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi everyone,
>> >
>> > I'm having a problem with my laptop. Recently bought a
>> Laptop from
>> > novatech.
>> >
>> > Loaded Linux - Ubuntu onto it - everything works a dream except
>> > for the
>> > resolution itself.
>> >
>> > The resolution is limited to either 800m x 600 61 Hz, or 640
>> x 480 60
>> > Hz. I need the resolution to be 1280 x 800, or similar at least.
>> >
>> > Now, I have been to various forums, but nothing seems to
>> work. I have
>> > also contacted the makers of the Laptop as well, still
>> waiting for
>> > their
>> > reply.
>> >
>> > Now - if anyone has some straight forward suggestions that are
>> > clear for
>> > someone who simply wants to copy and paste code, rather then
>> spend
>> > hours
>> > inside the depths of their comp, due to being pretty busy -
>> that would
>> > be helpful ;-)
>> >
>> > Hopefully any suggestions will help others as well.
>> >
>> > marc
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