[xubuntu-users] Fwd: video issue with xubuntu 12.04

[Keith Rodenhausen]

I guess I might as well tell you how to re-configure GRUB to fix the
resolution problem.

1) Open a terminal window (usually CTRL-ALT-T)
2) sudo ls
3) enter password
4) sudo mousepad /etc/default/grub
5) In the mousepad editor very carefully change the property
line GRUB_GFXMODE to be
         GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768
6) Make sure there is not a # at the beginning of the line
7) save the file and exit mousepad
8) In the terminal window, execute
         sudo update-grub

Here is a listing of my interaction:

keith at keith-NC769AA-ABA-SR5712F:~$ *sudo ls*
[sudo] password for keith:

blah, blah, blah

keith at keith-NC769AA-ABA-SR5712F:~$ *sudo mousepad /etc/default/grub*

(mousepad:4373): IBUS-WARNING **: The owner of /home/keith/.config/ibus/bus
is not root!
keith at keith-NC769AA-ABA-SR5712F:~$ *sudo update-grub*
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-27-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.8.0-27-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.8.0-19-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Windows Vista (loader) on /dev/sda2
done
keith at keith-NC769AA-ABA-SR5712F:~$




____________________________________________________

Thanks! - Keith


On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Keith Rodenhausen <
keith.rodenhausen at gmail.com> wrote:

> It may be the case that GRUB is just not displaying the boot screen
> because it is seeing that you have a monitor with higher res than 1024x768.
> So to test this thought, simply reboot, wait about a minute (get a cup of
> coffee) and see if you are finally logged in. There is probably a 30 second
> pause in the boot screen before it takes the default. You should eventually
> be logged into your xubuntu session. If after about three minutes the
> screen is still black, I don't know.
>
> If you are finally logged in, its an easy matter of re-configuring GRUB to
> set the boot resolution to 1024x768.
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________
>
> Thanks! - Keith
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is the best place :)
>>
>> By the way, what do you mean " I opted in setup to boot straight to the
>> xfce desktop with no login" ??? could you please explain more so that I/we
>> can help?
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Dave Stevens <geek at uniserve.com>
>> Date: Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 11:11 PM
>> Subject: video issue with xubuntu 12.04
>> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <
>> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> If this isn't the best list please refer me to a better one.
>>
>> I've installed xubuntu 12.04.1 onto a Compaq Presario SR5130NX box with
>> onboard nVisia GeFores 6150SE graphics adapter. Because the users are kids
>> I opted in setup to boot straight to the xfce desktop with no login.
>> Everyhing is fine until the desktop (should) appear, at which point the
>> monitor, an Acer AL1916W, complains, saying, "Input Not Supported." I
>> suspect that the monitor is being sent a higher resolution image than it
>> can display hence the error message.
>>
>> I don't see how to intervene to go to a lower res, the boot process seems
>> seamless right up to the error message. Ideas? References?
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."*
>> *Best Regards,
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad
>> StartUbuntu Project<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu/StartUbuntu>
>>  - Linux Brainstorming <https://www.facebook.com/groups/352004991569676/> -
>> Mubuntu<http://amjjawad.blogspot.com/2013/07/draft-mubuntu-simple-minimal-system.html>
>> Lubuntu <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu> - Ubuntu GNOME<http://ubuntugnome.org/>-
>> Xubuntu <http://xubuntu.org/> - Peppermint<http://peppermintos.com/about/>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> xubuntu-users mailing list
>> xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users
>>
>>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-users/attachments/20130825/68ae5b0a/attachment.html>