Screen resolution 12.04

[Liam Proven]

On 22 June 2012 03:38, Mark Panen <mark.panen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a eight year old laptop which in those days had every Linux OS
> working on it fine that i tried.
>
> As the new and improved versions came out i had hassles with the screen
> resolution.
>
> The last version that worked correctly was 10.04 i386, 12.04 (Ubuntu,
> Kubuntu & Xubuntu) gives me a 3/4 screen with a maximum choice of 800x600
> instead of 1024x768 according to system settings and xrandr.
>
> I have followed the step by step xrandr instructions according to google
> with no success.
>
> I don't mind keeping 10.04 but after days of googeling i am unable to
> connect my 3G modem which works 100% in 12.04.
>
> ROSA 2012 LTS screen resolution comes out fine so it's not a hardware
> problem.
>
> Any ideas please.

You could start by telling us the make & exact model of laptop.

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