Graphics adapter

[Tim Holmes]

Cool - we found the problem -- we had to put refresh rates into
xorg.conf

Thanks for the help


Timothy A. Holmes
 
IT Manager / Webmaster / Computer Teacher
 
Medina Christian Academy
A Higher Standard...
 
Jeremiah 33:3
Jeremiah 29:11
Esther 4:14

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-users-
> bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Alex Mandel
> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 4:01 PM
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Graphics adapter
> 
> Tim Holmes wrote:
> > Hi Folks:
> >
> > I have a student who is trying to set up Ubuntu on one of our
machines
> > here so that we can use it with blender and a cad program.
> >
> > However we have hit a problem,  we are stuck on 640 x 480 resolution
on
> > the display card.  We go into the gui and it will not allow us to
change
> > anything.  The video adapter is an INTEL 82865G graphics controller
> >
> > Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated
> >
> > TIM
> >
> > Timothy A. Holmes
> >
> > IT Manager / Webmaster / Computer Teacher
> >
> > Medina Christian Academy
> > A Higher Standard...
> >
> > Jeremiah 33:3
> > Jeremiah 29:11
> > Esther 4:14
> >
> >
> >
> I had a similar problem a long time ago
> http://news.gmane.org/find-
> root.php?group=gmane.linux.ubuntu.user&article=29000
> 
> Try to edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> Changing the default color depth (DefaultDepth - around line 90) to 16
> instead of 24.
> 
> Alex
> 
> 
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