display with Kubuntu live CD

[Lisi Reisz]

I sent the email below several days ago, but had it returned to me as
undeliverable.  So I am trying again before unsubscribing.  Thanks again for
your help.

Lisi

On 07/03/06, Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you very much for your help and suggestions.  I took your advice for
> the moment and am using Libranet 3, which is also Debian based.  I shall
> come back to Kubuntu when it is slightly longer in the tooth or when I get
> fed up of what I have got.
>
> Lisi
>
> On 27/02/06, Donatas G. <dgvirtual at akl.lt> wrote:
> >
> > Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > > On 25/02/06, *Donatas G.* <dgvirtual at akl.lt <mailto: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.
> >
> > Well, thank you... I think you could also try searching the ubuntu
> > forums for a solution. Also, how about writing for help to
> > kde-linux at kde.org mailing list?
> >
> > You could also risk installing Kubuntu, and then run "sudo apt-get
> > update && sudo apt-get upgrade" to, perhaps, find the problem fixed in
> > the updated packages...
> >
> > Otherwise, there are other nice linux systems around, check out a live
> > CD of SimplyMepis (debian based), or PCLinuxOS (Mandriva (i.e., rpm)
> > based), and see, if they have the same problem...
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > Donatas
> >
> >
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> >
>
>
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