SOLVED Re: Still trying to get to 1680x1050 WAS: Upgrade to 8.04 stuck in 800x600

[Frank McCormick]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Frank McCormick wrote:
> 
>> That's it..unavailable
> 
> $ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-intel
> xserver-xorg-video-intel:
>   Installed: 2:2.2.1-1ubuntu13.6
>   Candidate: 2:2.2.1-1ubuntu13.6
>   Version table:
>  *** 2:2.2.1-1ubuntu13.6 0
>         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
> ...
>      2:2.2.1-1ubuntu12 0
>         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
> 
> So the latest is in hardy-updates, but the -1ubuntu12 was in the original
> hardy release.

See my response to noop - what would cause my system to not be able to
find the package ?
This is my sources list as generated by the upgrade procedure.

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016)]/
gutsy main restricted
deb-src http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted #Added
by software-properties
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
deb-src http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse universe
#Added by software-properties

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/ubuntu/ hardy-updates restricted
main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
deb http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted
universe multiverse
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main
restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner

deb http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/ubuntu/ hardy-security main restricted
deb-src http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/ubuntu/ hardy-security restricted
main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties
deb http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/ubuntu/ hardy-security universe
deb http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/ubuntu/ hardy-proposed restricted main
multiverse universe
deb-src http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/ubuntu/ hardy-proposed restricted
main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties
deb http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/ubuntu/ hardy-backports restricted main
multiverse universe
deb-src http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/ubuntu/ hardy-backports restricted
main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties
deb http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/ubuntu/ hardy-security multiverse


Cheers