9.10 Frustrations
Steve
yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com
Sun Dec 20 11:12:31 UTC 2009
On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:10:08 -0000, John Graddy <jwgraddy at valornet.com>
wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-12-19 at 17:58 -0800, NoOp wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Sorry that I didn't include details. My monitor is a Samsung 713N and I
> have an
> AGP Graphics adapter. I'll have to pull it out to see what the model
> is. I've
> had it for about 4 years and don't remember the model.
>
Just run lspci in a terminal and post the results, no need to open the
machine up.
> I renamed the xorg.conf file and rebooted. Same result - 800x600 is the
> highest resolution.
>
> Thanks for the response.
> John
>
>
>
>
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Steve
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