Ubuntu on XP machine - display problem

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Sat Feb 14 10:24:41 UTC 2009


gayathri singh wrote:
> Hi There,
> 
> I tried installing Ubuntu linux on my machine (Windows XP) & was able to see
> the options to restart my machine with ubuntu / windows. However, I got
> stuck at the display part. My machine autodetects : Digital Input (DVI port)
> & says:"OUT OF RANGE SIGNAL. CANNOT DISPLAY THIS VIDEO MODE, CHANGE COMPUTER
> DISPLAY INPUT TO 1680X1050 @60Hz "
> 
> Has anyone come across such messages before? I think it could be a problem
> with display drivers on my system. But can anyone suggest how I could work
> around this problem?

It will help if you provide more information, such as your video card model.

> Setting the resolution & refresh rate in windows mode doesnt help :(

No, that will have no effect.

Matt Flaschen




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