1280 X 728 update

[Dennis]

NoOP:  It does well on my external monitor.  (17" wide screen), but on
my laptop (also wide screen-default 1280X768) I lose the bottom menu
bar. -so I just close the cover on the laptop.  I'm happy.

by the way, thanks for your dedication over the years.  I'm non geek and
post when I want to know something.  I'm glad I have a been familiar
with this users group over the years so that I can turn my head at some
of the BS postings that has been going on lately.  

for the new Ubuntu users that have join recently, you will pick up on
who is creditable and who is on some sore of a BS ego.

nongeek Dennis

On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 18:28 -0700, NoOp wrote:
> On 05/26/2009 06:20 AM, Derek Broughton wrote:
> > Dennis wrote:
> > 
> >> thank for the help so far, I just can't seem to solve 1280 x 768 which
> >> is max on my laptop Radeon 600.
> > 
> > Are you _really_ sure you want 1280x768?  It's an odd size (and the fact 
> > that the subject says 728 doesn't help...).
> > 
> > 16:10 is 1280x800
> > 1280x768 is only 5:3 - not a normal ratio.
> 
> Hmmm.... I just backed a test system down to hardy (from jaunty to
> intrepid to hardy) for testing purposes. The first thing that I always
> need to do is set the screen resolution; what do you know, I show:
> 
> 1280 x 960
> 1280 x 800
> 1280 x 768
> ^^^^^^^^^^
> So I set it for 1280 x 768 & it worked just fine. Granted, it's not the
> right resolution for my screen, but the point is that the option is
> available in hardy (I'll test in jaunty on the same machine later).
> 
> Current video card on that machine is an old ATI:
> *-display UNCLAIMED
>                 description: VGA compatible controller
>                 product: Rage 128 Pro Ultra TF
>                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
> 
> 
> 
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