laptop hoary install

[ashley maher]

G'day,

Just tried to do a laptop install of hoary.

I now have a nice shiny install with a gnome screen the size of a 
postage stamp in the middle of my screen.

Looking at X11 config it shows 1024 X 768, however the gnome screen 
resolution manageer shows 640 X 480 only!

How do I fix this please.

 From /var/log/messages:

Mar 22 09:55:41 solo syslogd 1.4.1#16ubuntu4: restart.
Mar 22 10:01:23 solo gconfd (root-25725): starting (version 2.10.0), pid 25725 user 'root'
Mar 22 10:01:23 solo gconfd (root-25725): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 0
Mar 22 10:01:23 solo gconfd (root-25725): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 1
Mar 22 10:01:23 solo gconfd (root-25725): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 2
Mar 22 10:05:54 solo gconfd (root-25725): SIGHUP received, reloading all databases
Mar 22 10:05:54 solo gconfd (root-25725): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 0
Mar 22 10:05:54 solo gconfd (root-25725): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 1
Mar 22 10:05:54 solo gconfd (root-25725): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 2
Mar 22 10:21:16 solo gconfd (ashley-28118): starting (version 2.10.0), pid 28118 user 'ashley'
Mar 22 10:21:16 solo gconfd (ashley-28118): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 0
Mar 22 10:21:16 solo gconfd (ashley-28118): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/ashley/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 1
Mar 22 10:21:16 solo gconfd (ashley-28118): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 2
Mar 22 10:21:30 solo gconfd (ashley-28118): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/ashley/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 0



Also has anybody got an external usb drive to work on a gateway solo?

hoary sees it then

tail /var/log/messages:
Mar 22 10:25:06 solo usb.agent[28305]:      usb-storage: loaded successfully
Mar 22 10:35:42 solo -- MARK --

dmesg | grep usb
usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new driver hub
usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
usb-storage: device found at 2
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usb 1-2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 1-2: scsi_eh_0 timed out on ep0in
usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
usb 1-2: scsi_eh_0 timed out on ep0in
usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
usb 1-2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -19
usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -19
usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 2
usb-storage: device scan complete

dmesg | grep scsi
scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb 1-2: scsi_eh_0 timed out on ep0in
usb 1-2: scsi_eh_0 timed out on ep0in
scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery: host 0 channel 0 id 0 lun 0

Ideas appreciated,

Regards,

Ashley