kubuntu-users Digest, Vol 38, Issue 60
Jon Aquilina
eagles051387 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 31 10:54:43 UTC 2008
re msg 2
the only way u can duel boot is install kubuntu first then reinstall vista.
did duel boot for a friend and it ended up messing up his vista install.
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> 1. Re: Best directions for dual-booting with Vista? (Scott)
> 2. Re: Best directions for dual-booting with Vista?
> (Hans Henry von Tresckow)
> 3. Resolution Issues Kubuntu Gutsy 32 bit Thinkpad T61P
> (Doug Stryjew)
> 4. Re: Resolution Issues Kubuntu Gutsy 32 bit Thinkpad T61P
> (Constantinos Maltezos)
> 5. Re: Resolution Issues Kubuntu Gutsy 32 bit Thinkpad T61P
> (Doug Stryjew)
> 6. Re: Resolution Issues Kubuntu Gutsy 32 bit Thinkpad T61P
> (D. Michael McIntyre)
> 7. Re: Resolution Issues Kubuntu Gutsy 32 bit Thinkpad T61P
> (Doug Stryjew)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:54:47 -0400
> From: Scott <slewin at bmts.com>
> Subject: Re: Best directions for dual-booting with Vista?
> To: Kubuntu Help and User Discussions <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Pascal d'Hermilly wrote:
> > Dual booting is so last year ;-)
> > I've been using Virtualbox for several months now. It works great.
> > Virtualization is so much easier because you can work with both systems
> > at the same time.
> Yea, VirtualBox is great. The only problem with VirtualBox is that it
> emulates a generic video card, so it is amazing at general apps, but not
> for high end video games.
>
> --
> Your friend,
> Scott
>
> Sent to you from a Linux computer using Kubuntu Version 7.10
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>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:28:39 -0700
> From: "Hans Henry von Tresckow" <hvontres at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Best directions for dual-booting with Vista?
> To: "Kubuntu Help and User Discussions"
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> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 1:43 PM, D. R. Evans <doc.evans at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I had to go out and buy a Vista laptop in a hurry this morning.
> >
> > Where do people think the best directions are to be found for installing
> > kubuntu (32-bit gutsy) so that it dual-boots with the pre-installed
> Vista?
> >
> > I've seen a few sets of directions, but I'd value any opinions as to the
> > ones that are most likely to work.
> >
> > This is a 32-bit laptop (Toshiba Satellite A205-S5814).
> >
> > So far, all I've done is boot it.
> >
> > Doc
> >
> >
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> The one redeaming feature of Vista is that is can resize the C: drive
> itself
> :)
>
> I did that when I installed kubuntu on my new HP laptop
>
> 1) tell Vista that it only needs ~30GB or so of HD
> 2) Set up a couple of partitions on the free space ( I did one for / , one
> for /home and one for swap)
> 3) Install Kubuntu and tell it to put grub on the MBR
> 4) enjoy
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> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:30:36 -0400
> From: "Doug Stryjew" <rrdokdoom at gmail.com>
> Subject: Resolution Issues Kubuntu Gutsy 32 bit Thinkpad T61P
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> Usually when you hear of resolution issues/problems you might think of
> typical problems. (ex.. I just installed and my pc/laptop won't use the
> proper resolution.) This is not the case here. First let me tell everyone
> my
> specs.
>
> Video Card: nVidia Corporation Quadro FX 570M
>
> Driver: nvidia driver, downloaded from restricted driver manager
>
> Machine: Thinkpad T61p
>
> Laptop Screen: 15.4" Wide Screen WUXGA (1920x1200)
>
> Secondary Monitor: SCEPTRE WX24 (1920x1200)
>
> OS: 32 bit Gutsy Kubuntu
>
> All of my repositories are updated.
>
> I'll keep this part simple as it doesn't play a huge role in this problem.
>
> It is well documented that the T61P will not boot right off the start to a
> working X.
>
> Before you log in you have to go into recovery mode and change the
> xorg.conf.
> By default it gives you the "nv" driver which simply will not work with
> this
> particular video card. According to many guides, including thinkwiki's you
> have to change the driver to "vesa" in order to get X to start. I log in
> and
> everything is very tiny just like I wanted (And expected using such a high
> resolution) Once I do that I update my repositories and once that is
> complete I install the restricted "nvidia" driver. I check my xorg.conf to
> verify the driver my card is using is "nvidia".
>
> I run glxinfo |grep ren
>
> And I have rendering.
>
> Here is my problem. When I power on I am prompted with a login screen like
> usual. The second I enter my user credentials it's like everything just
> gets
> a little bit bigger. A big notification is my mouse icon, it will be very
> tiny but when I login the mouse gets a little bit bigger. When I open up a
> terminal I do not expect it to take up over 1/4 of the screen. I know I
> can
> change the font size of konsole as well as the whole scale of the window.
> But it should not be this big. It should be very small. The monitor I have
> plugged into the Thinkpad makes the applications look even bigger. The
> weird
> part is both of these screens are displaying the proper resolution. I have
> worked with xorg.conf resolution problems a lot. I know when the screen
> isn't displaying the right resolution. But even though the resolution is
> set
> correctly, everything appears to be big. Not streched out, using the wrong
> resolution big, but wow these windows very large. I have searched my butt
> off trying to find an answer and asked everyone I know who uses kubuntu
> with
> the nvidia driver (Which is a lot) and nobody seems to be able to offer
> any
> help. I realize the problem and the description doesn't make much sense
> and
> that is why it's hard to answer something you don't understand. But if I
> had
> to boil it down to a very short description I would say this.
>
> While my resolution is correct, everything seems to be rather large. At
> the
> login screen everything looks very nice and small. But the second I enter
> my
> password and login it's like the screen magnifies. I haven't found any
> options in my nvidia-settings or kde window settings that described the
> option I want to change. Which is to make everything not so big.
>
> So yes, this sounds very strange and most people I talk to would put money
> the resolution is not setup correctly or something is just wrong with my
> xorg.conf. It however is not. I know what a monitor running the wrong
> resolution looks like and I am very familiar with this. There just doesn't
> seem to be any documentation on my problem. I was told to subscribe to a
> mailing list and ask all of you.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> dok
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:36:51 -0500
> From: Constantinos Maltezos <pandarsson at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Resolution Issues Kubuntu Gutsy 32 bit Thinkpad T61P
> To: Kubuntu Help and User Discussions <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> On Wednesday 26 March 2008 6:30:36 Doug Stryjew wrote:
> > So yes, this sounds very strange and most people I talk to would put
> money
> > the resolution is not setup correctly or something is just wrong with my
> > xorg.conf. It however is not. I know what a monitor running the wrong
> > resolution looks like and I am very familiar with this. There just
> doesn't
> > seem to be any documentation on my problem. I was told to subscribe to a
> > mailing list and ask all of you.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> What comes to mind for me would be some accessibility feature for people
> with
> poor eyesight that somehow managed to become activated on your system.
> However, I don't know what that might be. I'm still searching, though.
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:17:34 -0400
> From: "Doug Stryjew" <rrdokdoom at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Resolution Issues Kubuntu Gutsy 32 bit Thinkpad T61P
> To: "Kubuntu Help and User Discussions"
> <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> That's a great idea. I'm looking around in the accessibility options but
> there doesn't seem to be any options for vision aide. Still looking
> though.
>
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 8:36 PM, Constantinos Maltezos <
> pandarsson at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday 26 March 2008 6:30:36 Doug Stryjew wrote:
> > > So yes, this sounds very strange and most people I talk to would put
> > money
> > > the resolution is not setup correctly or something is just wrong with
> my
> > > xorg.conf. It however is not. I know what a monitor running the wrong
> > > resolution looks like and I am very familiar with this. There just
> > doesn't
> > > seem to be any documentation on my problem. I was told to subscribe to
> a
> > > mailing list and ask all of you.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> >
> > What comes to mind for me would be some accessibility feature for people
> > with
> > poor eyesight that somehow managed to become activated on your system.
> > However, I don't know what that might be. I'm still searching, though.
> >
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> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:32:04 -0500
> From: "D. Michael McIntyre" <michael.mcintyre at rosegardenmusic.com>
> Subject: Re: Resolution Issues Kubuntu Gutsy 32 bit Thinkpad T61P
> To: Kubuntu Help and User Discussions <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> On Wednesday 26 March 2008, Doug Stryjew wrote:
> > Any ideas?
>
> Fonts a bit larger than normal, I'd say it's a dpi issue.
>
> You can see the dpi you're running at by running xdpyinfo|grep resolution
>
> resolution: 87x86 dots per inch
>
> Where to go from there, I'm starting to run into holes in my memory. I
> haven't had to deal with this issue in a really long time. Also, I'm not
> absolutely convinced that this is really your trouble, since you say it
> affected lots more than font sizes.
>
> It was a thought anyway. I'm thinking your horizontal dpi should be
> 124ish,
> so if it's way off, maybe that's enough of a clue to incite further
> digging.
>
> (I'm not in top form tonight. My brain is tired. Working for a living is
> for
> suckers. Anybody got a winning lottery ticket? I'll split it with you.)
> --
> D. Michael McIntyre
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:44:30 -0400
> From: "Doug Stryjew" <rrdokdoom at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Resolution Issues Kubuntu Gutsy 32 bit Thinkpad T61P
> To: "Kubuntu Help and User Discussions"
> <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Thanks for helping. Here is the output from that command:
>
> resolution: 147x145 dots per inch
>
> I'll do some research. Thanks again.
>
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 9:32 PM, D. Michael McIntyre <
> michael.mcintyre at rosegardenmusic.com> wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday 26 March 2008, Doug Stryjew wrote:
> > > Any ideas?
> >
> > Fonts a bit larger than normal, I'd say it's a dpi issue.
> >
> > You can see the dpi you're running at by running xdpyinfo|grep
> resolution
> >
> > resolution: 87x86 dots per inch
> >
> > Where to go from there, I'm starting to run into holes in my memory. I
> > haven't had to deal with this issue in a really long time. Also, I'm
> not
> > absolutely convinced that this is really your trouble, since you say it
> > affected lots more than font sizes.
> >
> > It was a thought anyway. I'm thinking your horizontal dpi should be
> > 124ish,
> > so if it's way off, maybe that's enough of a clue to incite further
> > digging.
> >
> > (I'm not in top form tonight. My brain is tired. Working for a living
> is
> > for
> > suckers. Anybody got a winning lottery ticket? I'll split it with
> you.)
> > --
> > D. Michael McIntyre
> >
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