Resolution issues

[Master Cougar]

I know that Linux is one OS and Windows is another. However, it seems that
if I setup the drivers while in Windows that the card "remembers" the
setting.

On 12/19/06, Alfred <alfred.s at nexicom.net> wrote:
>
> Hi:
>
> What drivers you use in Windows shouldn't have anything to do with your
> > resolution in Ubuntu.
>
> I agree with this. Windozs is one OS and Ubuntu in another OS. It may be
> that you need to configure your Video Card, ATI and then be able to get
> the resolution that you wanted, in Ubuntu.
>
> Alfred!
>
> On Tue, 2006-19-12 at 08:37 -0800, rbil wrote:
> > On Tue, 2006-19-12 at 09:52 -0500, Master Cougar wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >   Perhaps you recall that I once asked about why when I reinstalled
> > > Ubuntu that the resolution of the screen had changed dramatically and
> > > I could not figure it out. Well, I finally figured out what the
> > > difference is. When I reinsalled Ubuntu I had not loaded, in Windows,
> > > the ATI drivers before I installed Ubuntu. Well, today I reformatted
> > > the hard drive, installed Windows XP, installed the drivers for sound,
> > > network and video. Then I installed Ubuntu... I got back the proper
> > > resolution.
> > >
> > >   Lesson learned, always load up the proper drivers...duh.
> > > --
> > > Marc de Puma
> >
> > What drivers you use in Windows shouldn't have anything to do with your
> > resolution in Ubuntu.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > René
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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