Resolution changed and can't be returned to original resolution.

[Tony K.]

I just tried booting up the Ubuntu install disk as a Live CD.  It also
is now limited to only 640x480.

On 7/29/06, Tony K. <tony.kruse at gmail.com> wrote:
> Help!!! Mystery depends...
>
> I decided to reboot my desktop because it was running a little
> sluggish.  Probably just caching in Firefox or that I have been
> working a lot with GIMP and images today.  Anyway, I happened to check
> the uptime and I had not rebooted it in 11 days.  Hence not rebooted
> since before my resolution problem appeared on my other Ubuntu server
> machine.
>
> I rebooted and now have the identical problem with loss of resolution.
>  I normally run on 1024x768.  I now have two machines stuck on 640x480
> 60Hz.  Following is my xorg.conf settings.
>
> Section "Files"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
>         # paths to defoma fonts
>         FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
>         FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
>         Load    "GLcore"
>         Load    "i2c"
>         Load    "bitmap"
>         Load    "ddc"
>         Load    "dri"
>         Load    "extmod"
>         Load    "freetype"
>         Load    "glx"
>         Load    "int10"
>         Load    "type1"
>         Load    "vbe"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
>         Driver          "kbd"
>         Option          "CoreKeyboard"
>         Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
>         Option          "XkbModel"      "pc104"
>         Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
>         Driver          "mouse"
>         Option          "CorePointer"
>         Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option          "Protocol"              "ImPS/2"
>         Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
>         Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier      "VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [S3 UniChrome]
> Integrated Video"
>         Driver          "via"
>         BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier      "1996F"
>         Option          "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier      "Default Screen"
>         Device          "VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [S3 UniChrome]
> Integrated Video"
>         Monitor         "1996F"
>         DefaultDepth    24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           1
>                 Modes           "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
> "800x600" "640x480" "1x1"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           4
>                 Modes           "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
> "800x600" "640x480" "1x1"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           8
>                 Modes           "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
> "800x600" "640x480" "1x1"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           15
>                 Modes           "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
> "800x600" "640x480" "1x1"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           16
>                 Modes           "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
> "800x600" "640x480" "1x1"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           24
>                 Modes           "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
> "800x600" "640x480" "1x1"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier      "Default Layout"
>         Screen          "Default Screen"
>         InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
>         InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
> EndSection
>
> Section "DRI"
>         Mode    0666
> EndSection
>
>
> On 7/27/06, Tony K. <tony.kruse at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I compared the xorg.conf files between the problematic machine and
> > another also running Ubuntu 6.06 which works properly and there was no
> > difference in the resolutions defined.  The only differences are the
> > hardware definitions which should be expected as they are two
> > different machines...
> >
> > $ diff /etc/X11/xorg.conf /home/tony/Desktop/xorg.broken.conf
> > 65,66c65,66
> > <       Identifier      "VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [S3 UniChrome]
> > Integrated Video"
> > <       Driver          "via"
> > ---
> > >       Identifier      "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon 7000 VE (RV100 QY)"
> > >       Driver          "ati"
> > 77c77
> > <       Device          "VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [S3 UniChrome]
> > Integrated Video"
> > ---
> > >       Device          "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon 7000 VE (RV100 QY)"
> >
> > On 7/27/06, Michael F <michael.f123 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file
> > >
> > > On 7/27/06, Tony K. <tony.kruse at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I run several computers on a KVM switch.  I started up one of my
> > > > computers without switching the KVM to it first.  It booted up, but
> > > > the resolution was reset to 600x480, 60 Hz.  It was originally
> > > > 1024x768, 85 Hz.  I tried rebooting but found the default is now set
> > > > at 600x480, 60 Hz and there are no other options in my System >
> > > > Preferences > Screen Resolution.
> > > >
> > > > How can I reset my resolution options?
> > > >
> > > > Ubuntu: Dapper 6.06
> > > >
> > > > --
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> > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Michael,
> > > michael.f123 at gmail.com
> > >
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> > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Science... beyond belief
> >
>