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ni_shi2005
January 26th, 2010, 08:50 AM
I installed Ubuntu J.Jacklop Recenlty, and ma monitor waz not detected and i tried changing the resolution, and after setting it to 800x600, i cudnt change it back to 1280x1024 n all, and also i upgraded OS, to 9.10 still its like that,i do only get Resoultions like 800x600 and below!
i am so fresh to ubuntu! someOne please help me!

ps : i have attached the xorg file too

ni_shi2005
January 26th, 2010, 02:13 PM
someOne help me please :(

rftuxuser
January 26th, 2010, 03:11 PM
I am new too, and had the same problem. I downloaded the drivers for my vid card after installing (which was a pain with the low res) Karmic koala. this did resolve my problem and the monitor was detected afterwards. It is very strange that Ubuntu does not use the right drivers for the video when booting from cd. This could be a turn off for newbies to linux.

cpplinux
January 26th, 2010, 03:17 PM
Maybe you can try the 915resolution package from Synaptic Package Manager.

hhlp
January 26th, 2010, 03:18 PM
we need more information, what is your vga card :


lspci | grep VGA or


sudo lshw -C video

Grenage
January 26th, 2010, 03:25 PM
I have a rough guide here (http://www.grenage.com/xorg.html) that tackles monitor resolution problems in 9.10.

terrapin893
January 26th, 2010, 03:28 PM
Maybe you can try the 915resolution package from Synaptic Package Manager.
I had a good deal of resolutions problems myself initially. I did some research and found recommendations for 915resolution . . . . but I could not find it in the repositories. :(

Couple of things that helped me . . . . ( I actually found 2 fixes )

1.) With my first configuration, which is now my server, I had an integrated Intel 82845G graphics driver. I had downloaded the driver from Intel but I couldnt get anything to work. What ended up helping me here was actually shutting down the x server and then running the driver.


sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

This will give you a terminal screen, then log into your desktop


cd /path/to/driver.deb

In my case the driver installed perfectly this time.


sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

This should give you a much higher resolution.

2.) With my second configuration, my current desktop PC, it was much easier. I just installed "Envy" through synaptic and then it detected and installed the driver. NOTE: This will only work with nVidia and ATI cards!

Good Luck!

ni_shi2005
January 26th, 2010, 09:00 PM
we need more information, what is your vga card :


lspci | grep VGA or


sudo lshw -C video

here is what you need!! i have installed da VGA Drivers!! bt i can't get in to da VGA Control Center in adminstrator mode, givin me someErrors!



*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Mobility Radeon HD 3600 Series
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=0
resources: irq:29 memory:d0000000-dfffffff(prefetchable) memory:fe8f0000-fe8fffff ioport:c000(size=256) memory:fe8c0000-fe8dffff(prefetchable)

ni_shi2005
January 26th, 2010, 09:15 PM
Maybe you can try the 915resolution package from Synaptic Package Manager.

i searched in Synaptic P.M for dat name, and nothing came out :(

ni_shi2005
January 26th, 2010, 09:17 PM
I have a rough guide here (http://www.grenage.com/xorg.html) that tackles monitor resolution problems in 9.10.

bro, i cudnt edit the xorg.conf file :( when i try it gives me an error

"You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please check that you typed the location correctly and try again."

Grenage
January 26th, 2010, 11:11 PM
Any modifications need to be run with root rights; e.g:


sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

ni_shi2005
January 27th, 2010, 08:49 AM
Any modifications need to be run with root rights; e.g:


sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

i did edit, but its not effecting :(

Grenage
January 27th, 2010, 09:36 AM
What happens? Post your config.

duracell999
January 27th, 2010, 09:57 AM
I've had a similar problem.
Finding the specific frequencies for my monitor and putting them into the xorg.conf file worked great for me.
I guess with some monitors ( older ones? ) the frequencies don't get detected and ubuntu only uses safe ones which forces low resolutions.

Grenage
January 27th, 2010, 10:17 AM
That's right, if there is a problem using EDID to detect the monitor's capabilities, that's often the case.