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mip
February 5th, 2010, 02:24 PM
I'm using a Dell Studio 1555 with Karmic 64bit.

After upgrading and rebooting this morning my external monitor is not being detected and I'm stuck with a low screen resolution.

What in these updates could have caused this? How can I fix it?




Log started: 2010-02-05 08:59:01
(Reading database ... 182096 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace chromium-browser 5.0.317.0~svn20100204r38075-0ubuntu1~ucd1~karmic (using .../chromium-browser_5.0.318.0~svn20100205r38172-0ubuntu1~ucd1~karmic_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement chromium-browser ...
Preparing to replace chromium-browser-inspector 5.0.317.0~svn20100204r38075-0ubuntu1~ucd1~karmic (using .../chromium-browser-inspector_5.0.318.0~svn20100205r38172-0ubuntu1~ucd1~karmic_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement chromium-browser-inspector ...
Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.31-19-generic.
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.31-19-generic (from .../linux-image-2.6.31-19-generic_2.6.31-19.56_amd64.deb) ...
Done.
Preparing to replace linux-generic 2.6.31.17.30 (using .../linux-generic_2.6.31.19.32_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-generic ...
Preparing to replace linux-image-generic 2.6.31.17.30 (using .../linux-image-generic_2.6.31.19.32_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-image-generic ...
Selecting previously deselected package linux-headers-2.6.31-19.
Unpacking linux-headers-2.6.31-19 (from .../linux-headers-2.6.31-19_2.6.31-19.56_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package linux-headers-2.6.31-19-generic.
Unpacking linux-headers-2.6.31-19-generic (from .../linux-headers-2.6.31-19-generic_2.6.31-19.56_amd64.deb) ...
Preparing to replace linux-headers-generic 2.6.31.17.30 (using .../linux-headers-generic_2.6.31.19.32_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-headers-generic ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Setting up chromium-browser (5.0.318.0~svn20100205r38172-0ubuntu1~ucd1~karmic) ...

Setting up chromium-browser-inspector (5.0.318.0~svn20100205r38172-0ubuntu1~ucd1~karmic) ...
Setting up linux-image-2.6.31-19-generic (2.6.31-19.56) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-19-generic
Running postinst hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub.
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-19-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-19-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-16-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Windows Vista (loader) on /dev/sda3
done
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms
* Running DKMS auto installation service for kernel 2.6.31-19-generic

* bcmwl (5.10.91.9+bdcom)...
bcmwl (5.10.91.9+bdcom): Installing module.
.........
......
...done.
* vboxdrv (3.0.8)...
vboxdrv (3.0.8): Installing module.
...........
......
...done.
* vboxnetadp (3.0.8)...
vboxnetadp (3.0.8): Installing module.
...........
......
...done.
* vboxnetflt (3.0.8)...
vboxnetflt (3.0.8): Installing module.
...........
......
...done.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common

Setting up linux-image-generic (2.6.31.19.32) ...
Setting up linux-generic (2.6.31.19.32) ...
Setting up linux-headers-2.6.31-19 (2.6.31-19.56) ...
Setting up linux-headers-2.6.31-19-generic (2.6.31-19.56) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms
* Running DKMS auto installation service for kernel 2.6.31-19-generic

* bcmwl (5.10.91.9+bdcom)...
bcmwl (5.10.91.9+bdcom): Already installed on this kernel.
...done.
* vboxdrv (3.0.8)...
vboxdrv (3.0.8): Already installed on this kernel.
...done.
* vboxnetadp (3.0.8)...
vboxnetadp (3.0.8): Already installed on this kernel.
...done.
* vboxnetflt (3.0.8)...
vboxnetflt (3.0.8): Already installed on this kernel.
...done.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/nvidia-common

Setting up linux-headers-generic (2.6.31.19.32) ...

mip
February 5th, 2010, 02:30 PM
A shutdown and restart as opposed to a reboot has fixed this. Strange.