display with Kubuntu live CD

Lisi Reisz lisi.reisz at gmail.com
Sun Feb 26 11:10:07 UTC 2006


On 25/02/06, Donatas G. <dgvirtual at akl.lt> wrote:
>
> 2006 m. vasaris 25 d., šeštadienis 21:02, Lisi Reisz rašė:
> > Hello!
>
>
> > I have been trying out Kubuntu live CD with a view to installing Kubuntu
> if
> > I get along with the CD.  I am using version 5.10.
> >
> > It is completely impossible to use because it is misidentifying my
> monitor
> > and setting impossibly wrong refresh rate and pixel display.  The screen
> > flickers enough to be uncomfortable and the display is 800 (?) x 640
> > instead of 1280 x 1024.  The result is an enormous window, some of it
> > (including unfortunately the "apply" button for any settings I have
> managed
> > to reach) off the bottom of the screen and even some that is not off the
> > screen hidden by the enormous taskbar.
> >
> > Alt-F2 however works and I can therefore call up Konsole.  What command
> do
> > I need to alter the display to be usable?
>
> Well, can you access the System settings, and get to the Screen module?
> There,
> in the tab Size & Orientation, you can (hopefully) change the screen
> settings.


sadly, no.  my refresh and display size are not on the list of options

Then, in case you can change, you can reach the Apply button by moving the
> window up with the mouse: Just hold Alt key and click on an empty space
> anywhere in the window, and drag it up.


what a very useful tip!

If that does not work, you have to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
>
> Just run
>
> sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
> to lauch a simple console-based editor.


my config, screen settings are all fine.  Everything that opught to be there
is there.  mutatis mutandis it is just the same as yours.

Perhaps this is just a bug in KDE.  :-(

Thanks for such useful help.  It isn't your fault that my system is just
being perverse.

Lisi

You will also need to know exactly, what screen resolutions and refresh rate
> your monitor suppors. You may also have to change the graphic card
> properties.
>
> below you will find my file's section "Screen" that you need to edit.
>
> Alternatively, you can use command
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>
> to lauch the x server configuration program, and enter the right
> parameters
> for your monitor and graphic card.
>
> You may want to check this out:
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FixVideoResolutionHowto?highlight=%28xserver-xorg%29
>
> --
> Donatas Glodenis
> http://dg.lapas.info
>
>
>
> ==========================
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier      "Default Screen"
>         Device          "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon 9200 (RV280)"
>         Monitor         "L50S"
>         DefaultDepth    24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           1
>                 Modes           "1024x768" "800x600"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           4
>                 Modes           "1024x768" "800x600"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           8
>                 Modes           "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400"
> "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           15
>                 Modes           "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400"
> "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           16
>                 Modes           "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400"
> "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           24
>                 Modes           "1024x768" "800x600"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
> =========================
>
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