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Just bought this laptop. Had similar issues described here with 18.04 - I always opt for the LTS by default. Couldn't even "Try Ubuntu" from the Grub menu as after the splash it would crash out and...

Thanks - used, worked.

Thanks - worked!

Bump!

Same issue (ish).

Some history: Due to foolish partition config, I ran out of usable space on my / mount and so had to do some partition-manoeuvring to free up the space - new packages...

OK - done.

Take your Modeline output from your favourite generator and goto:
http://www.epanorama.net/faq/vga2rgb/calc.html

There you can get your "front porch", "synch pulse" and other...

So there we are... 1280x1024 on the HSD899B.bin EDID.

I'm going to dig into the EDID wiki spec and hack it to support what I'm after then upload for the good of any LG Flatron W2243S users !!
...

So, quick refresh on my C programming :) and now we have:


$ parse-edid HSD899A.bin
parse-edid: parse-edid version 2.0.0
parse-edid: EDID checksum passed.

# EDID version 1 revision 3...

Thanks Papibe!

I think you hit the nail on the head, but unfortunately I'm not at a solution just yet. In fact, I was looking at the possible effects of different inputs - this monitor ships with...

OK, so progress. Seems the NVIDIA driver doesn't get the EDID info.
From /var/log/Xorg.0.log:
[ 6.757] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): The EDID read for display device CRT-0 is invalid:
[ 6.757] (WW)...

Yet more information!

Strangely I had to hack my way into Ubuntu via "nomodeset" - I suspect this is to do with an nVidia driver problem, and since then I've installed the nVidia driver.

sudo...

Also worth noting, that this is with a Sandy Bridge 2600k. Wondering if the GFX controller has a part to play here?

00:02.0 Display controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor...

Hi all, any help out there??

First some details;

I have 64-bit Ubuntu 11.10 installed from a LiveCD and am having problems getting the resolution I know the hardware is capable of.

GFX card:...

Perfect link btw!

That's a shame, it's something I was trying to avoid.

One thing I forgot to mention is that when I switch to Metacity, everything seems to work fine - wouldn't that suggest just Compiz is at...

Firstly, hello to all! First post, so seems appropriate.

Secondly, I'm a relative novice to the Ubuntu world, but a bit of a dabbling geek - I suspect it's the dabbling that has put me in this...