[clug-talk] screen resolution on ibm 1.8 gig

[Alastair Preston]

On 8 May, 2009 2:18:28 pm Dan Mueller wrote:
> Today's Topics:
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>    2. Re: Command line tips (Mark Carlson)
>    3. Re: Mailing a Hard Drive. (John Jardine)
>    4. Re: Mailing a Hard Drive. (Richard Carter)
>    5. Re: more screen resolution questions (Alastair Preston)
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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??
My mistake; that should be /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

>
>
>
> 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
>
>
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