Eternal monitor won't connect Ubuntu 13

[gary]

On 04/15/2013 07:00 PM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 15 April 2013 08:34, Gary Kirkpatrick <garyartista at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am getting a error message when using Ubuntu 13.  It says the settings
>> exceed the limits allowed, which is not the case per the Display settings.
>> This is an Asus 1025 ce.  How can I report this?  Aport (sp?) does not see
>> this as an error.
> Are you using graphics hardware that only fully supports 3D up to a
> certain total virtual display size (ie the two monitors side by side)?
>   Intel chips a few years old (not sure exactly which ones) had this
> problem if the total width exceeded 2048.  Therefore if the second
> monitor takes it above 2048 wide you will get this error.  On 12.04
> you could use Unity-2d to get round the problem.  13.04 basically does
> not work unless 3D support is available.
>
> Colin

I am just connecting one external monitor.  This works fine on this Asus 
1025 on 12.04.  It was working on 13 for about two weeks and then an 
update did it in.  Starting with 1210 you can not choose 2d.  I doubt if 
in 13.04 you can install another desktop.

garyk