Refresh Rate Dell Optiplex GX270

[david]

On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 18:29 -0500, R S Gill wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We're looking at migrating our lab to Ubuntu but the glitch detailed below is
> holding the migration up.
> 
> I installed Hoary Array 4 on a Dell Optiplex GX270 that is using the Intel
> Extreme Graphics 2 video card. We have been running aptitude dist-upgrade on a
> daily basis.
> 
> My problem is that X only runs in 800*600 @ 53hz refresh rate and 640*480 @60hz.
> 
> At 800*600 the refresh rate is too low and is a strain on the eyes after even
> short amounts of time. At 640*480, some of the windows are too big and cannot be
> resized to fit on the screen because the borders are off the screen area.
> 
> I know that the monitor and video card are capable of higher resolutions. 
> 
> I manually ran xorgconfig to regenerate the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file using the
> specs for the monitor provided by Dell with no luck.
> 
> The links to the machine specifications and the monitor specifications are:
> 
> http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/optix_gx270?c=us&l=en&s=dfh&~page=2&~tab=specstab#tabtop
> http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/monitors/P68508/En/specs.htm
> 
> Any ideas would be helpful because we might have to look at another distribution
> if we cannot get this working within a week.
> 
> Gill
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Try
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Work your way through the steps, most require OK'ing only, (you'll
probably need to know how much RAM is available to the video system in
advance) towards the end of the process you'll get a choice of screen
resolutions. Pick the highest one you know the screen will do.

Hope this helps.

David