ubuntu 8.10 changing monitor resolution

[phoenix_snake]

Alright I just tried 8.10 on an old computer and its monitor doesn't give the correct resolution.

I remember 8.04 had a utility to do this but this ain't there in 8.10, keep in mind I am in live cd mode

and yeah the command

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

doesn't do any thing and that fix xserver thing when u log out always fails to reconfigure :(

[phoenix_snake]

anyone? is there some kind of guide to 8.10 or something I can read?

[Paqman]

Is System > Preferences > Screen Resolution not giving a you a good option? If not, check System > Admin > Hardware drivers to see if it wants anything installed.

(I'm on 8.10 myself, btw)

[phoenix_snake]

alright I will try that.

[Gutt]

Did you install the necessary drivers ? It's usually the problem with Screen Resolution, check in System => Administration => Restricted Drivers and see if they've been installed. If they aren't do so and then after the reboot you should be able to have the appropriate resolution :) .

Hope this helps :) .

[phoenix_snake]

no u see, in hardy even without the drivers in vesa mode resolution can be changed but intrepid has no GUI tools for this :(

by GUI tools I mean to manually specify the kind of monitor u have....

[rockerphil]

i know this is what *I* use when screen resolution goes awry, so i'd try running this:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

i don't know the exact difference between it and the command you stated earlier, but i know it works for me. hope this helps,

Phil

[phoenix_snake]

ok so the problem is intrepid doesn't detect the monitor size by default so the screen resolution I want isn't there and the command:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

does nothing, this monitor supports a resolution of 1280*1024 but I am only getting 640*480 :(

[phoenix_snake]

no resolution higher than 800*600 is given, wtf?

displayconfig-gtk helped easily configure it in Hardy? whats going on here?

[caryb]

From my experience of X since Hardy I need to hard code the resolution in the xorg.conf otherwise I have the problem after reboot of getting cga resolution. I don't know why in 2008 X doesn't at least default to 800x600! anyhow this is a copy of the section of my xorg.conf. I have used a variation this on over 50 machines.

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1200x800"
EndSubSection
EndSection


Cary

[phoenix_snake]

thanks I will try this at once :)

[phoenix_snake]

stuck again, here is my xorg.conf, what do I add to enable 1280x1024 resolution?

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder63) Wed Oct 1 15:09:35 PDT 2008

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 30.0 - 60.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 60.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

[phoenix_snake]

here is something cool, this is my new xorg

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder63) Wed Oct 1 15:09:35 PDT 2008

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 30.0 - 60.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 60.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "vesa"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection

my resolution comes with 1280x1024 like this but if I change the driver to nvidia I get a max resolution of 1152x864?

how cool is that? ;)

any idea?

[phoenix_snake]

Alright I managed to do this, but I have to say this, if this is how changing the resolution is going to be from now on, then good luck keeping new users cause if the monitor isn't detected, they r screwed.

[wgrant]

Alright I managed to do this, but I have to say this, if this is how changing the resolution is going to be from now on, then good luck keeping new users cause if the monitor isn't detected, they r screwed.

As described in the numerous other threads, people need to file bugs to get EDID quirks added for these monitors as they come upon them. That removes most instances of this problem

Additionally, one will likely be able to add new resolutions through System->Preferences->Screen Resolution some time during Jaunty. It's unfortunate that we didn't get it done for Intrepid, but time is limited.

[smogs]

Just upgraded to the 8.10rc. It messed up the screen resolution. The reconfigure stuff is not working. I have a HP w2207 monitor and the max resolution I get is 1280x1024.

[mr_fong]

My stupid solution: boot a 8.04 live CD. Get xorg.conf right, then put it on a USB stick. Copy it to /etc/X11/ on your 8.10 install and edit if necessary. Stupid but is works. --Hans

[SunnyRabbiera]

no resolution higher than 800*600 is given, wtf?

displayconfig-gtk helped easily configure it in Hardy? whats going on here?

It was removed in Ibex, a very stupid move if you ask me.
Ubuntu needs a more proper screen resolutions app like displayconfig-gtk as the default one in gnome is terrible at detection.
This is one of the "features" of Ibex i severely dislike, being stuck at low resolutions and having to manually configure xorg just to get your proper resolution is going to be a deterring factor.
For new users I guess i will be suggesting Mandriva or something for those who want easy to use screen resolution tools that actually work.

[phoenix_snake]

It was removed in Ibex, a very stupid move if you ask me.
Ubuntu needs a more proper screen resolutions app like displayconfig-gtk as the default one in gnome is terrible at detection.
This is one of the "features" of Ibex i severely dislike, being stuck at low resolutions and having to manually configure xorg just to get your proper resolution is going to be a deterring factor.
For new users I guess i will be suggesting Mandriva or something for those who want easy to use screen resolution tools that actually work.
I tried openSUSE earlier and it had this thing called yast, why don''t we have something like this?

yast made stuff a lot easier, does Mandriva have something like that as well?

[wgrant]

Feel free to help write these tools rather than complaining here. We don't have unlimited time available, though we should be able to add custom resolution support to gnome-display-properties for Jaunty.

displayconfig-gtk caused more problems than it solved.