ryanjones102
April 10th, 2009, 11:20 PM
Hi all,
I've scanned the forums, and haven't been able to find anything appropriate.
I just installed Ubuntu 8.10 onto an ex-Windows XP laptop. Under XP, i was running a screen resolution of 1280 x 1024 - it worked fine. Since installing ubuntu, it has selected 1600 x 1200 as a resolution for me, which works to a degree, in that I can see most of the screen. Only problem is, a considerable chunk of the desktop (bottom and right) is missing...I've tried to change screen resolutions thru the GUI, no joy it just does that crazy thing where you can't see anything on the screen and it's all lines. After 5 or 6 re-installs to get going again, i'm in the same situation.
Has anyone seen anything like this before?
I'd appreciate your thoughts or ideas of how to fix this?
Thanks in advance,
Ryan
I've scanned the forums, and haven't been able to find anything appropriate.
I just installed Ubuntu 8.10 onto an ex-Windows XP laptop. Under XP, i was running a screen resolution of 1280 x 1024 - it worked fine. Since installing ubuntu, it has selected 1600 x 1200 as a resolution for me, which works to a degree, in that I can see most of the screen. Only problem is, a considerable chunk of the desktop (bottom and right) is missing...I've tried to change screen resolutions thru the GUI, no joy it just does that crazy thing where you can't see anything on the screen and it's all lines. After 5 or 6 re-installs to get going again, i'm in the same situation.
Has anyone seen anything like this before?
I'd appreciate your thoughts or ideas of how to fix this?
Thanks in advance,
Ryan