Using Jaunty. Will upgrade at a later date but for now how can I get a resolution of 1280x1024 when the highest is currently 1280x800?
Using Jaunty. Will upgrade at a later date but for now how can I get a resolution of 1280x1024 when the highest is currently 1280x800?
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and set the monitor display to a bigger resolution like the following:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
DisplaySize 1920 1080
HorizSync 30-70
VertRefresh 60-75
EndSection
the sync n vert is for your own monitor specs. please adjust accordingly.
Last edited by vcrpex; November 4th, 2010 at 02:13 AM.
My xorg.conf reads:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
If I enter 'DisplaySize 1280x1024' what's the worst that can happen? I can make a copy of the file for safekeeping but how could I restore it if for some reason the screen stays blank?
you can put as you suggested. As the worst that it can happen is that it will appear smaller. The Displaysize is just to extend limit to what you can stretch in your screen resolution. I have tried this on jaunty, karmic and maverick. Somehow everytime I install the nvidia drivers, my screen will shrink to 640 by 480 and below. Using this, I can change my screen resolution upwards.
No change, I'm afraid. My xorg.conf now reads:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Option "UseFBDev" "true"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
DisplaySize 1920 1080
HorizSync 30-70
VertRefresh 60-75
EndSection
My max is still 1280x800 (16:10) with a refresh rate of 60Hz
The particular PC I'm working on is an Advent laptop T2080
Last edited by chome4; November 18th, 2010 at 02:08 AM.
You can try using xrandr to add undetected screen resolutions. See this tutorial on xrandr:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution
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Thanks for the link. It didn't solve the problem but I'll have an upgraded Ubuntu soon.
What's strange is that under Vista, the resolution had a greater range of numbers to choose from - so the problem isn't with the hardware.
Very strange.
Thanks again.
Are you running the appropriate driver for your video card? If so, is everything working properly? Have you checked that DRM is functioning (this is typically a sign of whether the video driver is working or not).
Code:glxinfo | grep rendering
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glxinfo | grep rendering returns:
get fences failed: -1
param: 6, val: 0
direct rendering: Yes
================================================== =================
xrandr returns:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 800, maximum 1280 x 1280
VGA disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
LVDS connected 1280x800+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 331mm x 207mm
1280x800 60.0*+
1024x768 85.0 75.0 70.1 60.0
832x624 74.6
800x600 85.1 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
640x480 85.0 72.8 75.0 59.9
720x400 85.0
640x400 85.1
640x350 85.1
TV disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
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