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RE: Ubuntu screen resolution

Attercop — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:44:47 GMT

Excellent news. I would have been very surprised if you couldn't get arguably the most common res of the past few years up and running.

RE: Ubuntu screen resolution

Fuzzy-Felt Bloke — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:41:38 GMT

[quote]Just messed about with 'Recovery Mode' from startup and altered dpkg. Screen resolution is OK, but ended up with US keyboard layout! Will do for now.

Thanks for advice and help offered.

Fuzzy-Felt Bloke
[/quote]

This was the final outcome.

Fuzzy-Felt Bloke:):)

RE: Ubuntu screen resolution

Attercop — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:56:47 GMT

This is now marked as resolved, which is good. What was the final solution?

RE: Ubuntu screen resolution

Bruce R — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:31:28 GMT

Hi Fuzzy-Felt Bloke :)
Having just tottered back indoors from strimming my front lawn, I ought to tell you that I am not a Linux CLI expert like other forum members, more of a GUI/menu interface enthusiast, but I reckon that Bigdaddy was on the right track, it's most likely to be a display limitation. CRT phosphors can provide truer, brighter colours but flat panels are getting better, the best still being made in the Sharp plant, so you may need to 'bite the bullet' at some stage.
If you have the NVidia X Settings capability under System, Administration, you can use its X Server Display Configuration to see whether the driver is detecting your display correctly and providing a resolution change capability that you can try. If it's not installed, Applications Add/Remove (all available applications) should have it under System Tools. It seems to be better than System, Preferences, Screen Resolution for detecting and changing display resolutions.
Of course it could still be the graphics card, which according to [url]http://www.ubuntuhcl.org/[/url] was last checked against Ubuntu 7.10, so perhaps you could try a different card ?
Finding a graphics card and drivers that works well across OSs can be difficult, but at least you aren't then stuck with limited capability generic VESA drivers. (Although you could try that at 1024x768 for your rig.) Trouble is, if you don't have Linux-friendly partition imaging software, trying all this out can involve time consuming re-installation, admittedly easier than for XP. Don't you just love 'messing about in computers' to mis-quote Kenneth Grahame. :w00t:

RE: Ubuntu screen resolution

Fuzzy-Felt Bloke — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:48:13 GMT

Hi Bruce

I use a CRT on all my computers with a 1024X768 resolution which I like. The best that I can get from Ubuntu is 800X600 which is not ideal, but at lest I can see the whole desktop.

Any ideas how I can get it to my preferred resolution.

Fuzzy-Felt Bloke :):)

RE: Ubuntu screen resolution

Bruce R — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:16:58 GMT

That's good news Fuzzy-Felt Bloke !

Meanwhile I've been experimenting with different displays on my [B] rig, to find that the 8.04.1 LiveCD refused to install for a different display, but it then worked with the 8.04.1 LiveDVD.

So, out of curiousity, what was the native resolution of your display and what resolution did you actually set up ?

RE: Ubuntu screen resolution

Fuzzy-Felt Bloke — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:48:39 GMT

Just messed about with 'Recovery Mode' from startup and altered dpkg. Screen resolution is OK, but ended up with US keyboard layout! Will do for now.

Thanks for advice and help offered.

Fuzzy-Felt Bloke :):)

RE: Ubuntu screen resolution

Fuzzy-Felt Bloke — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:40:00 GMT

Hi guys

I did a complete start up, still the same. Attached is my text log as requested.

Is there a way to get things back to default before a started messing with things, if so how.

Thanks for your help.

Fuzzy-Felt Bloke :):)

RE: Ubuntu screen resolution

Bruce R — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:15:10 GMT

Hi Fuzzy-Felt Bloke :)
This will sound silly, but please try a restart from cold (all power disconnected) as this can sometimes force a better marriage between the driver, graphics card and display. Of course it may be a case that there's no tie-up between the driver and the display itself. (It would be more encouraging if it was at least defaulting to 800x600.) Perhaps you are using an unusual display ?
You could try EnvyNG, but that's supposed to be for even later cards. and messes up my [C] rig ATI card and doesn't yet help my [A] and [B] rigs which still seem to do better with the driver that you are using. ;)

RE: Ubuntu screen resolution

Attercop — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:11:16 GMT

Could you tell us the native/intended resolution and refresh rate? And if you could paste or attach your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file that would be a big help too.

RE: Ubuntu screen resolution

Fuzzy-Felt Bloke — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:47:39 GMT

[quote]Have you set the screen resolution up in system/Administration/Nvidia xserver settings[/quote]

There is no option only 460X480 max

@ Bruce, Yes all up to date.

Fuzzy-Felt Bloke :):)

RE: Ubuntu screen resolution

Bruce R — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:28:08 GMT

Hi Fuzzy-Felt Bloke :)
Your post says that you are running Ubuntu 8.04 rather than 8.04.1, so have you Updated it ?
(From the Ubuntu Hardware Compatibility List, the 7300 looks like an 'in-between' card for drivers, but in the last three weeks there have been better base ATI and NVidia drivers issued as part of the Update process, which might help.) You can try 'forcing' an Update by way of System, Administration, Update Manager, Check. ;)
Please let us know if this helps. :D

RE: Ubuntu screen resolution

bigdaddy — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:10:53 GMT

Have you set the screen resolution up in system/Administration/Nvidia xserver settings?:)

Ubuntu screen resolution

Fuzzy-Felt Bloke — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:46:01 GMT

I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

I have GeForce 7300 card in a ASUS A8V-VM SE motherboard running Ubuntu 8.04, the problem is my screen resolution at best is 640X480 @ 50Hz. I am using the Nvida accelerated graphics diver (latest cards) from Synaptic Package Manager, which is no better then the standard drivers.

Is there a way to increase my screen resolution with better drivers, and where can I get them.

Thanks

Fuzzy-Felt Bloke :):)