Screen resolution and no sound!

[Christoph Bier]

Drew, Bill schrieb am 12.11.2004 16:40

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com 
>>[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Drew, Bill
>>Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 8:31 AM
>>To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>>Subject: Screen resolution and no sound!
>>
>> I just installed warty-release-install-i386 on an old IBM PC 
>>300GL.  I
>>have no sound at all and can't change the screen resolution from 640 x
>>480.  I have tried the screen resolution preferences and th only thing
>>in the menu is 640 x 480.
>>The sound card on this computer is a generic Sound Blaster 
>>PCI card.  It
>>had sound under Windows 95.  I don't even get anything out of the PC
>>speaker.  Any suggestions?  I first tried the boot cd-rom and had a
>>choice in screen resolutions there but still had no sound.
>>
>>Bill Drew
> 
> HELP!!  I'm desperate here.  The screen resolution is set so low that I
> can't fully display any windows or such.  I am trying to configure
> Evolution for my e-mail and can't even close or save because I can't get
> to the buttons that will allow me to do that.  

While pressing ALT and clicking the left mouse button you should be
able to draw the window.

> My preferred resolution
> would be at least 800 by 600. I am new to Linux in a graphical interface
> and don't know where to proceed.

Maybe your graphic chip is just too old for a resolution higher than
640x480? I had a similar problem some months ago with an i486 Dell
test machine; resolutions higher than 800x600 were not possible.
Change of the graphic card solved it.

HTH

Christoph