screen resolution “Not Optimum Mode”

[William Witt]

On Saturday 16 August 2008 00:06:00 Linda Vest Castanos wrote:
> I didn't see anything to turn off.  It didn't do it with 7.04
>
> On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 21:18 -0500, Victor Padro wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 8:53 PM, William Witt
> > <william at witt-family.net> wrote:
> >
> >         On Friday 15 August 2008 20:01:25 Linda Vest Castanos wrote:
> >         > When I boot up and shut down Ubuntu (8.04 Hardy Heron), I
> >
> >         get the
> >
> >         > following message like a floating screen saver. How do I get
> >
> >         rid of it.
> >
> >         > "Not Optimum Mode"
> >         >
> >         > Recommended Mode
> >         >
> >         > 1280 X 1024 60 HZ"
> >         >
> >         >
> >         > XP resolution is 1024 X 728 which I'm happy with.
> >         > (System-Preference-Screen Resolution) under Ubuntu reads
> >
> >         "1280 X
> >         1024 .
> >
> >         > When I switch XP to "1280 X 1024 60 HZ", it's to small. I
> >
> >         would be
> >         happy
> >
> >         > to get rid of the so call 'screen saver' "Not Optimum Mode"
> >
> >         and be
> >         done
> >
> >         > with it.
> >         >
> >         >
> >         > Any suggestions?
> >         >
> >         >
> >         > Linda
> >


This is happening only during the ubuntu splash screens at boot and shutdown, 
but not during normal operation, correct?  I found this just a while ago while 
searching for a problem I'm having on the development branch.

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/5477/

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usplash should get an gui for setting up resulution, the method that we use at 
the moment is not for new users, 
to get the right resolution we often have to do something like this : sudo 
gedit /etc/usplash.conf 
see the resolutions and fill in the ones you want , 

this is how it looks 

# Usplash configuration file 
xres=1024 
yres=768 

then save the new file and run 

sudo update-initramfs -u 

wait untill its done ( takes a while ) then after that reboot 
[/QUOTE]

Of course before you try it, you should backup /etc/usplash.conf and replace 
the resolution in the file with the optimum ones for your monitor.

Will