What are the requirements for Ubuntu 8.1

[Numbat]

Hi
I have an old P3 machine I am attempting to load Ubuntu 8.1 on. It appears to load up but when it is finished, the display resolution is stuck on some low resolution and refuses to allow me to change it. Worse is that most of the screen is 'off-screen' meaning it is inaccessible.

I was wondering if the computer has the minimum required for 8.1. I previously loaded version 7.04 on and although I had problems getting the modem to work, the screen was OK. All the cover on the new version says is it needs 256Mb memory and 4Gb of disk space. No mention of display requirements.

Any ideas?

[Partyboi2]

What are your system specs including graphics card?

[Numbat]

What are your system specs including graphics card?
http://supportapj.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/opgx100/en/ug/specs.htm#processor

I was under the impression it was a Pentium but looks like a Celeron. Has 384Mb ram in it. I think it is 667MHz but could be wrong.

[polmir]

Type in terminal:
lspciand post output.

[Numbat]

Type in terminal:
lspciand post output.
Can't do it, I am afraid. Screen is uncontrollable.

I think I might try to reload the system and see if I can get some control.

[Numbat]

Well, I reloaded from scratch and no improvement. Screen is almost completely uncontrollable. I have a desktop and I can select sub-menus but a terminal just comes up as a blank. Same with any other sub-menu I open.

This is step backwards.

[polmir]

Ctrl+Alt+Fn

Fn = F1 or F2 or F3 or F4 or F5 or F6

Login and type:
lspci>hardw.txtand post file hardw.txt