Can't get laptop into more than 800x600?

[Knute Johnson]

Owen Townend wrote:
> 2008/11/15 Knute Johnson <knute2008 at www.knutejohnson.com>:
>> I installed Ubuntu on my older laptop but the only options for screen
>> resolution are 800x600 and 640x480.  I ran 1024x768 with XP and Fedora.
>>  Any ideas how to get there?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>>
>> Knute Johnson
>> knute2008 at www.knutejohnson.com
> 
> Hey,
> 
> I have had this same problem with my laptop.  Reading through
> /var/log/Xorg.0.log you'll probably find that the 1024x768 LCD is
> found but that the hsync and vsync are not correctly detected.
> Try looking for specs for your particular laptop and adding them to
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf, or you can try adding the same as mine:
> 
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier	"Configured Monitor"
> 	Horizsync		31.5-48.0
> 	Vertrefresh	56.0-65.0
> EndSection
> 
> cheers,
> Owen.
> 

I'll try that too, thanks.

-- 

Knute Johnson
knute2008 at www.knutejohnson.com