External Monitor Problems...
Ariel Goldblatt
a.k.a.gldbltt at gmail.com
Tue May 26 23:13:47 UTC 2009
I have a laptop running ubuntu, and it is by far the best operating
system I have ever used. And I have used a lot. Anyway, I decided to
attach a FD Trinitron/WEGA monitor to my laptop, and Ubuntu recognised
it as unknown. I use it now at 1024*768. I know this monitor and my
graphics card are capable of more that that, but in the Display
settings I cannot select any stuffs higher than 1152*864! I know my
monitor and graphics card are capable of more that that, so whyy?
Please help...
Anyway, before asking about hardware, look at the attached file. You
shall find magic. M-A-G-I-C.
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ariel-laptop
description: Portable Computer
product: Latitude D400
vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
serial: 3RV****
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3
configuration: boot=normal chassis=portable uuid=44454C4C-5200-1056-8050-B3C04F4B3331
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 0W0327
vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
physical id: 0
serial: .3RV****.CN7***********.
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
physical id: 0
version: A08 (06/28/2005)
size: 64KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: isa pci pcmcia pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp smartbattery biosbootspecification netboot
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1300MHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 400
bus info: cpu at 0
version: 6.9.5
slot: Microprocessor
size: 600MHz
capacity: 1700MHz
width: 32 bits
clock: 133MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm pbe up bts est tm2 cpufreq
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 700
size: 8KiB
capacity: 8KiB
capabilities: internal write-back data
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 701
size: 1MiB
capacity: 1MiB
clock: 66MHz (15.0ns)
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies unified
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 1000
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 1280MiB
capacity: 2GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 266 MHz (3.8 ns)
physical id: 0
slot: DIMM_A
size: 256MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 266MHz (3.8ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 266 MHz (3.8 ns)
physical id: 1
slot: DIMM_B
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 266MHz (3.8ns)
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci at 0000:00:00.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-intel module=intel_agp
*-system:0 UNCLAIMED
description: System peripheral
product: 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci at 0000:00:00.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-system:1 UNCLAIMED
description: System peripheral
product: 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0.3
bus info: pci at 0000:00:00.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-display:0 UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci at 0000:00:02.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci at 0000:00:02.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci at 0000:00:1d.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci at 0000:00:1d.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci at 0000:00:1d.2
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci at 0000:00:1d.7
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 module=ehci_hcd
*-pci
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci at 0000:00:1e.0
version: 81
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master
*-network:0
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci at 0000:01:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: 00:0d:56:4e:28:f9
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.94 duplex=full firmware=5705-v3.11 ip=71.135.58.76 latency=32 link=yes mingnt=64 module=tg3 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
*-pcmcia:0
description: CardBus bridge
product: PCI7510 PC card Cardbus Controller
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 1
bus info: pci at 0000:01:01.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=192 module=yenta_socket
*-pcmcia:1
description: CardBus bridge
product: PCI7510,7610 PC card Cardbus Controller
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 1.1
bus info: pci at 0000:01:01.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=192 module=yenta_socket
*-firewire
description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
product: PCI7410,7510,7610 OHCI-Lynx Controller
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 1.2
bus info: pci at 0000:01:01.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci1394 latency=32 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2 module=ohci1394
*-system UNCLAIMED
description: System peripheral
product: PCI7410,7510,7610 PCI Firmware Loading Function
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 1.3
bus info: pci at 0000:01:01.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-network:1
description: Network controller
product: BCM4309 802.11a/b/g
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 3
bus info: pci at 0000:01:03.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=32 module=ssb
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci at 0000:00:1f.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.1
bus info: pci at 0000:00:1f.1
logical name: scsi0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master emulated
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: TOSHIBA MK3021GA
vendor: Toshiba
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi at 0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: GA12
serial: 93G******
size: 27GiB (30GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=494f494e
*-volume:0
description: EXT3 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi at 0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: bcbdf633-de02-46f7-b033-34431426e0a0
size: 26GiB
capacity: 26GiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files ext3 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2009-05-15 10:47:43 filesystem=ext3 modified=2009-05-16 20:35:02 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2009-05-16 13:45:05 state=mounted
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi at 0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
size: 1223MiB
capacity: 1223MiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
capacity: 1223MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-multimedia
description: Multimedia audio controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.5
bus info: pci at 0000:00:1f.5
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=Intel ICH latency=0 module=snd_intel8x0
*-communication UNCLAIMED
description: Modem
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.6
bus info: pci at 0000:00:1f.6
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-scsi
physical id: 1
bus info: usb at 1:4
logical name: scsi2
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-cdrom
description: DVD reader
product: RW/DVD GCC-4241N
vendor: HL-DT-ST
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi at 2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrom1
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/cdrw1
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvd1
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: A100
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd
configuration: status=nodisc
*-battery
product: DELL 0006T08
vendor: Sanyo
physical id: 1
slot: Sys. Battery Bay
capacity: 42000mWh
configuration: voltage=11.1V
*-network:0 DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:0b:7d:19:f1:ad
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
*-network:1 DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 3
logical name: pan0
serial: ae:ad:ed:77:03:cf
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
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