[CoLoCo] 8.10 Screen Resolution?
John Steinman
john.steinman46 at gmail.com
Tue Dec 2 17:42:47 GMT 2008
You can run it from the command line:
gksu displayconfig-gtk
John Steinman
telecon at infosyndicate.net wrote:
> I cannot find it in mine. It might be a hold out from another release.
>
> Can you give me the actual filename that menu item references?
>
> On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 10:15:32AM -0700, John Steinman wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I found it. "Screens and Graphics" has been hidden in the latest
>> release. You'll need to enable it by going into
>> Systems->Preferences->Main Menu. Under Menus select other, find "Screens
>> and Graphics" and click on the check box to enable it. Close the Main
>> Menu.
>>
>> You should now see the "Screen and Graphics" in the Application Pull
>> down menu under "Other". This utility will let you select your Graphic
>> Adapter and your Monitor Display. I just tried it and I was able to
>> setup my Graphics Adapter and my monitor display to all its supported
>> settings.
>>
>> Now it would be nice if the other "Screen Resolution" under
>> System->Preferences would detect and be able to configure my display.
>>
>> John Steinman
>>
>>
>>
>> John Steinman wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> There use to be I believe a utility called "Screens and Graphics" that
>>> you could use to set or change your monitor type and resolution. This
>>> appears to have been retired at some point between 7.04 and the
>>> current release. I just upgraded to 8.04.01 and the current "Screen
>>> Resolution" does not have this feature. I have a SyncMaster 930B which
>>> under this utility is limited to 1280X1024. I was able under the older
>>> utility to select and use higher resolution setting. The current
>>> utility does have a "Detect Display" which does not appear to work or
>>> detect my display. This need to be fixed now that the other utility
>>> isn't available.
>>>
>>> If we want to attract and support low end users we need "windows like"
>>> utilities that allow the user to identify and select their hardware
>>> without going through hoops and configuration files to set them up.
>>>
>>> John Steinman
>>>
>>>
>>> Andrew wrote:
>>>
>>>> well, i tried a ubuntu 6.10 and a kubuntu 7.04.
>>>>
>>>> 6.10 did not have the feature you described. It had something called
>>>> "rotation", but i'm confident that is not it. It seems to have been
>>>> an introduced feature, and then taken away (at least in gnome).
>>>> Kubuntu 7.04 had a interesting hardware tab with a "configure
>>>> monitor" button. which i assume is what you are trying to describe.
>>>>
>>>> hmm... well, i still don't know what to tell you. Either just use
>>>> the alternate cd from now on, or try to track down the package and
>>>> just keep force downgrading it.
>>>>
>>>> -Andrew
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 2:54 AM, Andrew <keen101 at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:keen101 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> hmm... interesting. To be honest i don't remember that feature.
>>>> I'm going to try some old 6.06 and 7.10 live-cd's to try and get
>>>> a better idea. I don't remember it in 6.06, so i'm wondering if
>>>> it was introduced, and then taken away. Also, back when i was
>>>> using 6.06 i'd install with the alternate install cd which gives
>>>> you an option to put what resolutions you want. So, this really
>>>> has never been a problem for me.
>>>>
>>>> it might be possible to track down the package that controlls
>>>> that gui interface, and force downgrade it to an older version.
>>>> That could probably be one fix. Another would be to install with
>>>> the alternate install disc.
>>>>
>>>> -Andrew
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 1:38 AM, Michael Haney <thezorch at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:thezorch at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 3:01 AM, <telecon at infosyndicate.net
>>>> <mailto:telecon at infosyndicate.net>> wrote:
>>>> > I guess I don't understand what you are missing, having not
>>>> played with the
>>>> > older resolution tool.
>>>> >
>>>> > I do find that I can do everything I need to do with the
>>>> current tool, but I'm
>>>> > not running anything unusual.
>>>> >
>>>> > Actually things have improved a bit. I used to have to run
>>>> the i8xx bios
>>>> > modifier on startup to get the right resolution, now it
>>>> just happens.
>>>> >
>>>> > What settings can't be changed with the newer tool?
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> The screen resolution tool in Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10 let you
>>>> change the
>>>> screen resolution only and don't have options to change what
>>>> type of
>>>> monitor you are using which tells X.org what graphics options
>>>> to make
>>>> available (ie; 1024x768 and higher resolutions and different
>>>> refresh
>>>> rates). Some hardware doesn't play nice with X.org and it
>>>> defaults to
>>>> a safe 640x480 with no ability to go higher or change the
>>>> monitor type
>>>> so you can change your screen resolution to one that's
>>>> higher. 7.10
>>>> is the last version of Ubuntu with this functionality in the
>>>> screen
>>>> resolution tool. Kubuntu 8.04 is the last version of that distro
>>>> which has that functionality also. Its an mistake that needs
>>>> to be
>>>> corrected, removing this feature should never have been
>>>> allowed to
>>>> happen because of the potential problems it could cause and
>>>> is causing
>>>> for many people.
>>>>
>>>> I'm using Kubuntu 8.04 and will not be upgrading to any other
>>>> versions
>>>> of Ubuntu until this is addressed.
>>>>
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