System Monitor Resolution in Karmic

[John Graddy]

On Sun, 2009-12-20 at 10:39 +0000, Steve wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:21:27 -0000, sundeep kumar  
> <compufreak.sundeep at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> > You first need to update your computer and then try for restricted  
> > drivers .
> > I suppose tgis will solve your problem
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> > [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of John Graddy
> > Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 8:45 AM
> > To: Ubuntu Mailing List
> > Subject: System Monitor Resolution in Karmic
> >
> > I have just installed Ubuntu 9.10.  I ran 9.04 for several months.  I
> > can't set my monitor resolution to anything higher than 800X600 even
> > though is has run at higher resolutions in the past.
> >
> > When I select system->preferences->display, I get a display that says
> > that my monitor is unknown (it is an old KDS Visual Sensations monitor).
> > The menu will allow me to set a resolution up to 800X600.  It will also
> > let me set the Refresh Rate.  There has to be a simple way to adjust the
> > resolution.  Karmic is virtually useless at a resolution of 800X600
> > since almost every application attempts to display more characters/line
> > than the screen will handle.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> Post the results of:-
> 
> lspci
> 
> hwinfo --monitor
> 
> -- 
> Steve

output from lspci follows.  when I run hwinfo --monitor, I get no
output.


jwg at jwg-desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IGP2 (rev c1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev
c1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev
c1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev
c1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev
c1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev
c1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev
a4)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev
a4)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev
a4)
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet
Controller (rev a1)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97
Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev
a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
01:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs CA0106 Soundblaster
01:08.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2800 802.11n PCI
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11DDR [GeForce2
MX200] (rev b2)