"Unknown Monitor" and cant increase resolution beyoud 800x600

[r.v.the.evil]

bt i m also using 9.10
i forgot to update status here

[r.v.the.evil]

u can see my screen snapshots here at given link
the resolution is set to 1280x800
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1368817

[mmarton]

Sharaq:
Did everything that you prescribed and I got the resolution to change. Excellent. I also pasted the three commands into the file after opening up a new window with $ sudo gedit /etc/gdm/Init/Default and saved the file. But my settings were gone when I rebooted. Any other ideas?

[owenisred]

After trying so many different ways to overcome the resolution problem myself - I got it working a different way: Ill stick it in here to help anyone who is having trouble with sharap's fix

1. open terminal (Applications > Accessories)
2. Type

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

hit enter and type your password (if you are prompted) and enter again.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the text that appears and paste

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/siretart/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/siretart/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

5. open a new terminal
6. type

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0xce90d8983e731f79

7. Wait fr the thing to download
8. New terminal type

sudo apt-get update

9. Again add password if necessary
10 type

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel-2.4

thatl be you

type

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

to reset ubuntu.

When i did it my monitor went crazy and I had to switch off at plug, but then on opening ubuntu again resolution was fine

Hope I helped

Owen.

[zonefull]

thx sharaq it realy worked but once i reboot everythin gets back as it never happened
i followed your saving steps tho >.<
could u help me pass this

[far_pro]

my system has the same problem ...when i reboot dislay gets back to 800x600...help!

[sohaila]

Hi,

I've been using Ubuntu for 1 week, having installed 9.10 on an old Toshiba laptop. I have the same screen resolution problem. When I follow the steps in the earlier thread I can create the new mode and add it to the output (default in my case), but when I try to set it I get the following message from xrandr:

• screen cannot be larger than 800x600 (desired size 1024x768 )

Any help would be appreciated.

[sharaq]

You can use a script to run at startup if this is not working go to the following link and read posts 13 and 14

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1370258&page=2

[swapnasarit]

hi,
I am also facing the same problem.
I followed the thread

if I run these command in shell my resolution getting changed

but when I reboot the machine it set itself to 800x600
I have pasted the code in /etc/gdm/Init/Default

how to fix it permanently ?

code :
xrandr --newmode "1280x800_60" 83.50 1280 1352 1480 1680 800 803 809 831 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode VGA1 1280x800_60
xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1280x800_60

[User0123]

Hi,

I've been using Ubuntu for 1 week, having installed 9.10 on an old Toshiba laptop. I have the same screen resolution problem. When I follow the steps in the earlier thread I can create the new mode and add it to the output (default in my case), but when I try to set it I get the following message from xrandr:

• screen cannot be larger than 800x600 (desired size 1024x768 )

Any help would be appreciated.

I have the same issue when trying to force my monitor into higher resolutions, (its a HDTV, I'm trying to get it into 1920x1080) It still doesn't want to go higher than 800x600 though.