Intrepid screen resolution messed up

[Samuel Rohde]

What information should I be looking for in the README file?



----- Original Message ----
> From: Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 2:45:35 PM
> Subject: Re: Intrepid screen resolution messed up
> 
> 
> --- On Sun, 11/16/08, Samuel Rohde wrote:
> 
> > From: Samuel Rohde 
> > Subject: Re: Intrepid screen resolution messed up
> > To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" 
> 
> > Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 2:01 PM
> > I tried xfix and I'm still having the same problem.
> > I'm not sure what you mean by 
> > /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-intel/README.gz, what am I
> > supposed to do with that? I put it in the terminal and it
> > said bash:
> > /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-intel/README.gz:
> > Permission denied
> > 
> > 
> Pleassssse do not top post; it makes it difficult to follow the thread.  You 
> must be new to the list if you haven't heard this before.
> Sorry xfix didn't work for you.  Was there any output at all from running it; 
> any messages at all?
> You must be new to linux in  general not knowing what to do with the README.gz 
> file.-:)
> It's just a compressed readme file that can be read from a terminal using less 
> or zless. For example:
> 
> $ less /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-intel/README.gz  (All one line)
> 
> Also you did look to see that you have that file on intrepid?
> You shouldn't need to use zless either as less has that feature built into it 
> now. Neither should you have to use sudo for root priviledges. I didn't.  But if 
> less doesn't work, try zless and try preceeding each with sudo if still no luck. 
> the password the command asks for is your username.  HTH. I think you will find 
> something useful in the readme doc that may solve your problem.  Let us know 
> what happens either way. After you implemented any suggestion from the readme 
> you should log out and log back in or better still, to be on the safe side, 
> reboot. If still no success, reboot into recovery mode and try xfix again as the 
> changes you made may allow it to correct any remaining issues.
> Remember to report back on the result giving any error output from what you did. 
> that's always helpful to the experts. Good luck and hope you solve the problem.
> 
> Leonard Chatagnier
> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> 
> resolution messed up
> > > > To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > > > Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 12:06 PM
> > > > I booted my computer and my screen resolution is
> > messed up
> > > > throughout the entire computer including GRUB and
> > the entire
> > > > GUI. It took off half a task bar thickness(12
> > pixels) all
> > > > the way around. I tried going into System >
> > > > Preferences > Screen Resolution and I tried
> > every
> > > > resolution but all
> > > > of them where the same. I am using an Olevia 232v
> > 32"
> > > > wide screen
> > > > TV/Monitor connecting the computer to the TV with
> > a VGA
> > > > cable. My computer's Video/Graphics card is
> > an Intel
> > > > Graphics Media Accelerator 950, the computer
> > processor is an
> > > > Intel Celeron Processor 420. I don't know if
> > the CPU is
> > > > a 32 or a 64 bit, but I am running the 32 bit
> > Ubuntu
> > > > version. How can I fix this problem? I have never
> > had this
> > > > problem
> > > > before, until I upgraded to Ubuntu 8.10 from
> > 8.04.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > Hello Sameul,
> > > 
> > > I see you reposted including added info on your system
> > which is really not 
> > > necessary but I see no feedback on the suggestions I
> > gave you especially trying 
> > > xfix from recovery mode and the suggestions from:
> > > 
> > > /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-intel/README.gz
> > > 
> > > I, for one and I expect the list in general, would
> > like to know if you indeed 
> > > tried those out and the results of the trials. You are
> > more likely to get follow 
> > > up help from the experts if they know you tried the
> > suggestions and reported the 
> > > results. FWIW.
> > > 
> > > Leonard Chatagnier
> > > lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> > > 
> > > 
> >
> 
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