[ubuntu-uk] Display resolution

[Neil Greenwood]

On 3 Mar 2011, at 07:54, ** <johnbridger at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have an old Dell Latitude D600 and since a recent update, the  
> maximum screen
> resolution I can select is 800x600. Card and display details are:
> *******************
> jbrid at jbrid-Latitude-D600:~$ lspci | grep VGA
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250  
> [Mobility
> FireGL 9000] (rev 02)
> jbrid at jbrid-Latitude-D600:~$ xrandr
> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 800 x 600, maximum 4096 x 4096
> VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> LVDS connected 800x600+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y  
> axis) 0mm x 0mm
>   1024x768       60.0 +   60.0
>   1360x768       59.8
>   800x600        60.3*    59.9
>   848x480        59.7
>   720x480        59.7
>   640x480        59.9     59.4
> S-video connected 800x600+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y  
> axis) 0mm x
> 0mm
>   800x600        59.9*+
>   640x480        59.9
> ***************************

Do you have the S-Video connector in? This section seems to say you  
have, and that the maximum resolution isn't 1024x768. Try unplugging  
it and logging out then back in.

It's just a guess, since I don't have an ATI card.

Cofion/Regards,
Neil