Relative Newbie With Display Problem (Problem 1).

[Brian Durant]

Cool, I have never had to do that before, but it does
sort of work. The resolution (Hz) choices still aren't
what they should be for a ViewSonic E70 and app menus
are slightly bowed, so that of course makes me wonder
if the resolution settings are good for my monitor,
but it does work.

Cheers,

Brian
 --- squareyes <squareyes at optusnet.com.au> skrev: 
> 
> Hi Brian,
> can you adjust your monitor physically?
> I found that windows, knoppix all either never
> filled the screen, or
> over filled it, needed monitor adjusted.
> take care
> Winton
> 
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am new to Ubuntu, to this list and a relatively
> new
> > Linux user as well. I have played around with
> Fedora
> > Core 3, Libranet, Knoppix, Suse, etc, but I am now
> > working without a safety net as I have erased my
> > Windows partition (doh) and am trying to go cold
> > turkey. Firstly, I would like to say CUDOs to the
> > Ubuntu team on a great initiative. That said, here
> is
> > my first problem: The display does not seem to be
> > working properly. the right hand side of the
> desktop
> > and all windows is cut off. I can barely see the
> > trashcan icon in either 800 x 600 resolution or
> 1024 x
> > 768. Refresh rates are limited 60 Hz in 1024 x 768
> and
> > to 72 Hz, 60 Hz and 56 Hz in 800 x 600. I don't
> think
> > my display/monitor and graphics card were detected
> > properly. Here are the specs: ASUS V8200 series
> card
> > that should register as a GeForce 3 and a
> ViewSonic
> > E70 monitor, with Ubuntu 4.10. It would be nice to
> see
> > a display config tool that would allow you to
> change
> > monitor (like the CUPS printer driver scheme)
> rather
> > than just resolution. This seems to be one of the
> > weakest links in the configuration process for
> newbies
> > in Linux and no distro that I have seen seems to
> do a
> > very good job of detecting the display hardware.
> Even
> > Knoppix gets my monitor wrong and it isn't an
> uncommon
> > display and Knoppix is known for its great
> hardware
> > detection. Any advise or comments would be much
> > appreciated.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Brian
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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