Display resolution

[zanyjazz]

I have installed ubuntu on an iMac using Virtual Box. The display options available are 640x480 and 800x600. When I go into Administration, Hardware Drivers none are listed. My machine is online with Firefox working. According to the manual a list of drivers should appear. Can anyone help?

[owenisred]

Snap. I tried to fix this problem so many times - thankfully I got it. (When I say paste - ignore the part that says Quote:)

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

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

Save it and close it.
5. open a new terminal
6. paste


sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0xce90d8983e731f79
7. Wait fr the thing to download
8. New terminal paste

sudo apt-get update
9. Again add password if necessary
10 paste

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel-2.4
11. Enter password once more and wait till the thing finishes

thatll be you fixed

12. Close all programs
13. Open Terminal and paste

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
to reset ubuntu.

When i did it my monitor went crazy on reboot and I had to switch off at plug, but then on second reboot ubuntu's resolution was fine.

Hope I helped!
Owen.

[zanyjazz]

Sorry, done that, made no difference. Still get no proprietary drivers are in use on this system!
There is a little green screen with a lock in front of it, could this have anything to do with it?

[zanyjazz]

Is there a solution to this problem??

[owenisred]

Sorry my post didn't help you - your situation sounded identical to mine... but im just seeing your on a mac so yea its probably totally different.

Idk this may work? See sharaq's first post

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1364460&highlight=resolution

Probably not but you could ask people and see if it might work.

Apologies I can't help you further,
Owen