[clug-talk] screen resolution on ibm 1.8 gig

[Dan Mueller]

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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 10:28:05 -0600
From: Alastair Preston <aprestn5 at telus.net>
Subject: Re: [clug-talk] more screen resolution questions
To: CLUG General <clug-talk at clug.ca>
Message-ID: <200905081028.06041.aprestn5 at telus.net>
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On 7 May, 2009 10:11:59 am Dan Mueller wrote:
> More questions.  Ive got a ibm 1.8 ghz pc that im running Linux mint on
and
> cant get the screen resolution to be more than 800x600   ive done all that
> I know to do. Any suggestions??
>
> Dan

Not enough information here to go by......

Which version of Linux Mint?   VERSION IS 6.0 FELICIA

What video card?   AS BEST AS I CAN TELL, NVIDIA VANTA (ibm)
 
What resolution can your monitor do?  WELL ABOVE 1024X768.  THIS IS ALL I
NEED

What is "all that I know how to do"? I.e. what have you done so far? JUST
PLUGGED AROUND IN THE SCREEN RESOLUTION SECTION OF WHAT COMES WITH THE CD
ROM AND LOOKED IN SYNAPTIC IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THERE.


I've seen this limitation when I've done a clean installs, or any install
that 
overwrites /etc/xorg.conf ; In the old days, the installer asked you to
input 
the capabilities of your monitor and video card, but now they rely on 
autodetection, which won't work if the card or monitor doesn't supply the 
information. In that case the installer sets the video parameters to a
lowest-
common-denominator "safe" setting.

What driver is your /etc/xorg.conf using (should show in the "device" 
section)? 

Does it match the video card? AS BEST AS I CAN TELL THAT THERE ARE NO
SPECIAL DRIVERS USED.  I WENT INTO THE /ETC FILE AND I DON'T SEE A FILE
CALLED XORG??



Are the monitor's specs reflected in the "monitor' (should show HorizSync
and 
VertRefresh parameters) and "screen" (should at least have "depth" value) 
sections?

You may need to plug these values into xorg.conf then rerun the display 
settings dialog. The procedure is to some degree distro and version
dependant.

Al