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
>
>
>
>


-- 
Steve




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