9.10 Frustrations

[NoOp]

On 12/19/2009 05:21 PM, John Graddy wrote:
> 9.10 is the first Ubuntu release with which I have been unable to get a
> satisfactory install.  My monitor (which has worked with several
> releases) always gets set at a resolution of 600X800.  I have always run
> it at much higher resolutions.  The installation process (from the Live
> CD) never asks for any information on the monitor.  I even moved a
> relatively new LED flat screen monitor from another computer to my
> system as a test, and it also got set to a resolution of 600X800.

Doesn't help anyone unless you priovide some details regarding the
monitor and video card.

If you are trying to use an old /etc/X11/xorg.conf, just rename it to
something like x-xorg.conf-x, reboot and see what the resolution comes
up as. 9.10 will only use an xorg.conf if you provide one.