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

[NoOp]

On 10/23/2008 10:49 AM, Derek Broughton wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
[snip]
>> Odd. In Synaptic:
>> 
>> Settings|Repositories|Download from|Other| and I see Australia, Austria,
>> Belglium, Bosina & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, CS, Canada,
>> etc., etc. And under Canada I see:
>> 
>> ftp.cs.mun.ca
>> gpl.savoirfairelinux.net
>> gulus.usherbrooke.ca
>> mirror.arcticnetwork.ca
>> mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca
>> mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca
>> ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca
>> 
>> I'll fire up the KDE machine later & see that that shows.
> 
> Adept initially gave me the option "Download from:" with a drop down
> of "Main Server, Server from Canada, Other..." and "Other" lets me select
> those.
> 
> Synaptic 0.61ubuntu9 doesn't give me a "Download from:" option at all.  Are
> you sure that's not Update Manager?

Yep. Synaptic 0.61ubuntu9. Under the "Ubuntu Software" tab just below
the 'Downloadable from the Internet... Source Code' is Download from:
[dropdown box] & then select Other.