Ubuntu 8.10 Live CD only does 800x600 video!?

[David Curtis]

On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 08:57:30 +0100
Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:

> Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> > --- On Mon, 2/9/09, Zach Uram <netrek at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I got an Ubuntu 8.10 Live Cd in the mail today so I'm
> > > trying it, seems
> > > nice but it will only let me do 800x600 video resolution
> > > (very
> > > annoying!), I looked in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and it
> > > doesn't even have
> > > specific values in there: http://pastebin.com/f3c5ff4f7 How
> > > can I get
> > > 1024x768 video resolution working? It worked fine in Ubuntu
> > > 6.06 Live
> > > CD.
> >
> > Have you tried booting up in recovery mode and running "xfix", let run
> > to completion then select continue with normal boot.
> 
> AFAIK, there is no recovery mode or xfix option for the LiveCD. But if the 
> problem is the installed system the xfix option might help. And if the 
> 6.06 CD is still available, the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf from that version 
> could be used for 8.10 as well.
> 
> 
I've never tried it, but it might be possible to change to a terminal, stop GDM, run xrandr
and then restart GDM. Anyone know if that's doable on the live CD?

You also might want to read: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution

A google for xorg.conf and your specific card, or your laptops product code might find you a working xorg.conf.
-- 
David Curtis <dcurtis at uniserve.com>