oli9
September 12th, 2015, 10:31 PM
Hi,
Total Linux noob here but thought I'd share some details of my recent Lubuntu install as it didn't go as smoothly as it should have! I've actually installed a couple of Linux variants on old machines previously but only for pals who had previously been running XP and had wanted something to give their machines a new lease of life. One of those installs was Lubuntu and that went without any issues.
Anyway, my old man gave me a old RM laptop, a CY-25 and I thought I'd create a dual boot netbook with it. lshw output follows:
computer
description: Notebook
product: CY25
vendor: RM plc
version: CY25
serial: [REMOVED]
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.31 dmi-2.31
configuration: boot=oem-specific chassis=notebook uuid=[REMOVED]
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: ACY25
vendor: COMPAL
physical id: 0
version: N/A
serial: [REMOVED]
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
physical id: 0
version: CY25_1.16.T01
date: 10/07/2003
size: 100KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: pci pcmcia pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int13floppytoshiba int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp smartbattery
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 - M CPU 1.80GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.2.9
slot: uPGA479M Socket
size: 1800MHz
capacity: 1800MHz
width: 32 bits
clock: 100MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe pebs bts cid xtpr cpufreq
configuration: id=0
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 8
slot: L1 Cache
size: 8KiB
capacity: 20KiB
capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 9
slot: L2 Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: burst external write-back
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 19
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 768MiB
*-bank:0
description: SODIMM SDRAM Synchronous
physical id: 0
slot: DIMM0
size: 512MiB
width: 32 bits
*-bank:1
description: SODIMM SDRAM Synchronous
physical id: 1
slot: DIMM1
size: 256MiB
width: 32 bits
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 650/M650 Host
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-sis latency=64
resources: irq:0 memory:e8000000-ebffffff
*-pci
description: PCI bridge
product: AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge)
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
resources: ioport:a000(size=4096) memory:ec100000-ec1fffff memory:f0000000-f7ffffff
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm agp agp-2.0 vga_controller cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f0000000-f7ffffff memory:ec100000-ec11ffff ioport:a000(size=128)
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: SiS961 [MuTIOL Media IO]
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: SiS961/2/3 SMBus controller
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=sis96x_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:0 ioport:8080(size=32)
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: USB 1.1 Controller
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 2.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.2
version: 07
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=64 maxlatency=80
resources: irq:10 memory:ec000000-ec000fff
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: USB 1.1 Controller
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 2.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.3
version: 07
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=64 maxlatency=80
resources: irq:10 memory:ec001000-ec001fff
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: 5513 IDE Controller
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 2.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.5
version: d0
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master
configuration: driver=pata_sis latency=128
resources: irq:0 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:9480(size=16)
*-communication UNCLAIMED
description: Modem
product: AC'97 Modem Controller
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 2.6
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.6
version: a0
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm generic cap_list
configuration: latency=173 maxlatency=11 mingnt=52
resources: ioport:8400(size=256) ioport:9000(size=128)
*-multimedia
description: Multimedia audio controller
product: SiS7012 AC'97 Sound Controller
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 2.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.7
version: a0
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_intel8x0 latency=173 maxlatency=11 mingnt=52
resources: irq:5 ioport:8800(size=256) ioport:9080(size=128)
*-firewire
description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
product: VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
version: 46
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=64 maxlatency=32
resources: irq:5 memory:ec002000-ec0027ff ioport:9400(size=128)
*-network:0
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=half latency=64 link=no maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:10 ioport:8c00(size=256) memory:ec002800-ec0028ff
*-pcmcia:0
description: CardBus bridge
product: CB1420 Cardbus Controller
vendor: ENE Technology Inc
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=192
resources: irq:10 memory:30000000-30000fff ioport:1000(size=256) ioport:1400(size=256) memory:34000000-37ffffff memory:38000000-3bffffff
*-pcmcia:1
description: CardBus bridge
product: CB1420 Cardbus Controller
vendor: ENE Technology Inc
physical id: 9.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=192
resources: irq:10 memory:3c000000-3c000fff ioport:1800(size=256) ioport:1c00(size=256) memory:40000000-43ffffff memory:44000000-47ffffff
*-network:1
description: Wireless interface
product: ISL3874 [Prism 2.5]/ISL3872 [Prism 3]
vendor: Intersil Corporation
physical id: 10
bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: [REMOVED]
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list ethernet physical wireless logical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=hostap firmware=1.4.9 latency=64 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b
resources: irq:10 memory:ec400000-ec400fff
*-scsi:0
physical id: 1
logical name: scsi0
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: FUJITSU MHS2040A
vendor: Fujitsu
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 8004
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 37GiB (40GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=7c217c21
*-volume:0
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 3.1
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 17GiB
capacity: 17GiB
capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2010-09-22 10:26:41 filesystem=ntfs modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sda3
size: 12GiB
capacity: 12GiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume:0
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
capacity: 976MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-logicalvolume:1
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 6
logical name: /dev/sda6
logical name: /
capacity: 11GiB
configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered state=mounted
*-scsi:1
physical id: 2
logical name: scsi1
capabilities: emulated
*-cdrom
description: DVD reader
product: CDRW/DVD SBW-241
vendor: QSI
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: VY02
serial: [REMOVED]
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-battery
physical id: 1
slot: Right Front
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@2:2
logical name: wlan1
serial: [REMOVED]
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt2800usb driverversion=3.19.0-28-generic firmware=0.29 ip=[REMOVED] link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
I followed the install guides to the letter. First I shrank the existing XP partition and created new install and swap partitions (8GB and 1GB respectively). I couldn't get the ISO to boot from USB so had to create a DVD but, running the option to try without installing, everything looked fine at first glance including the screen resolution of 1240x768.
However when I installed, having set the region settings to en-GB the keyboard defaulted to en-US initially and the screen resolution set itself to 600x800. The keyboard issue was easily fixed by changing the Keyboard Layout Handler Settings but there were no options in the Monitor Settings other than 600x800 and Auto, which changed nothing. Googling the SIS 650/740 chipset I came across plenty of Linux threads, mainly describing how to create and add a new display mode in XRandR. I tried following various advice but I was unable to create a new display mode, I only got errors. To cut a long story short I created a xorg.conf file and rebooted, ready to edit it and add the resolution settings I desired, only to find that this in itself had rectified the issue. The resolution 1024x768 now appears in the Monitor Settings.
I'm puzzled as xorg.conf doesn't come with Lubuntu by default and I didn't configure it so why did just creating it fix the problem? I'm also puzzled by the fact that the resolution seemed fine when I was trialling Lubuntu from the ISO. To my mind that suggests the driver to run the chipset exists in the release build but somehow wasn't assigned properly. Anyone got any ideas?
Total Linux noob here but thought I'd share some details of my recent Lubuntu install as it didn't go as smoothly as it should have! I've actually installed a couple of Linux variants on old machines previously but only for pals who had previously been running XP and had wanted something to give their machines a new lease of life. One of those installs was Lubuntu and that went without any issues.
Anyway, my old man gave me a old RM laptop, a CY-25 and I thought I'd create a dual boot netbook with it. lshw output follows:
computer
description: Notebook
product: CY25
vendor: RM plc
version: CY25
serial: [REMOVED]
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.31 dmi-2.31
configuration: boot=oem-specific chassis=notebook uuid=[REMOVED]
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: ACY25
vendor: COMPAL
physical id: 0
version: N/A
serial: [REMOVED]
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
physical id: 0
version: CY25_1.16.T01
date: 10/07/2003
size: 100KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: pci pcmcia pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int13floppytoshiba int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp smartbattery
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 - M CPU 1.80GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.2.9
slot: uPGA479M Socket
size: 1800MHz
capacity: 1800MHz
width: 32 bits
clock: 100MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe pebs bts cid xtpr cpufreq
configuration: id=0
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 8
slot: L1 Cache
size: 8KiB
capacity: 20KiB
capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 9
slot: L2 Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: burst external write-back
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 19
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 768MiB
*-bank:0
description: SODIMM SDRAM Synchronous
physical id: 0
slot: DIMM0
size: 512MiB
width: 32 bits
*-bank:1
description: SODIMM SDRAM Synchronous
physical id: 1
slot: DIMM1
size: 256MiB
width: 32 bits
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 650/M650 Host
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-sis latency=64
resources: irq:0 memory:e8000000-ebffffff
*-pci
description: PCI bridge
product: AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge)
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
resources: ioport:a000(size=4096) memory:ec100000-ec1fffff memory:f0000000-f7ffffff
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm agp agp-2.0 vga_controller cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f0000000-f7ffffff memory:ec100000-ec11ffff ioport:a000(size=128)
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: SiS961 [MuTIOL Media IO]
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: SiS961/2/3 SMBus controller
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=sis96x_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:0 ioport:8080(size=32)
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: USB 1.1 Controller
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 2.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.2
version: 07
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=64 maxlatency=80
resources: irq:10 memory:ec000000-ec000fff
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: USB 1.1 Controller
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 2.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.3
version: 07
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=64 maxlatency=80
resources: irq:10 memory:ec001000-ec001fff
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: 5513 IDE Controller
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 2.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.5
version: d0
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master
configuration: driver=pata_sis latency=128
resources: irq:0 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:9480(size=16)
*-communication UNCLAIMED
description: Modem
product: AC'97 Modem Controller
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 2.6
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.6
version: a0
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm generic cap_list
configuration: latency=173 maxlatency=11 mingnt=52
resources: ioport:8400(size=256) ioport:9000(size=128)
*-multimedia
description: Multimedia audio controller
product: SiS7012 AC'97 Sound Controller
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 2.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.7
version: a0
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_intel8x0 latency=173 maxlatency=11 mingnt=52
resources: irq:5 ioport:8800(size=256) ioport:9080(size=128)
*-firewire
description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
product: VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
version: 46
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=64 maxlatency=32
resources: irq:5 memory:ec002000-ec0027ff ioport:9400(size=128)
*-network:0
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=half latency=64 link=no maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:10 ioport:8c00(size=256) memory:ec002800-ec0028ff
*-pcmcia:0
description: CardBus bridge
product: CB1420 Cardbus Controller
vendor: ENE Technology Inc
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=192
resources: irq:10 memory:30000000-30000fff ioport:1000(size=256) ioport:1400(size=256) memory:34000000-37ffffff memory:38000000-3bffffff
*-pcmcia:1
description: CardBus bridge
product: CB1420 Cardbus Controller
vendor: ENE Technology Inc
physical id: 9.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=192
resources: irq:10 memory:3c000000-3c000fff ioport:1800(size=256) ioport:1c00(size=256) memory:40000000-43ffffff memory:44000000-47ffffff
*-network:1
description: Wireless interface
product: ISL3874 [Prism 2.5]/ISL3872 [Prism 3]
vendor: Intersil Corporation
physical id: 10
bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: [REMOVED]
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list ethernet physical wireless logical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=hostap firmware=1.4.9 latency=64 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b
resources: irq:10 memory:ec400000-ec400fff
*-scsi:0
physical id: 1
logical name: scsi0
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: FUJITSU MHS2040A
vendor: Fujitsu
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 8004
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 37GiB (40GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=7c217c21
*-volume:0
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 3.1
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 17GiB
capacity: 17GiB
capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2010-09-22 10:26:41 filesystem=ntfs modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sda3
size: 12GiB
capacity: 12GiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume:0
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
capacity: 976MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-logicalvolume:1
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 6
logical name: /dev/sda6
logical name: /
capacity: 11GiB
configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered state=mounted
*-scsi:1
physical id: 2
logical name: scsi1
capabilities: emulated
*-cdrom
description: DVD reader
product: CDRW/DVD SBW-241
vendor: QSI
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: VY02
serial: [REMOVED]
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-battery
physical id: 1
slot: Right Front
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@2:2
logical name: wlan1
serial: [REMOVED]
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt2800usb driverversion=3.19.0-28-generic firmware=0.29 ip=[REMOVED] link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
I followed the install guides to the letter. First I shrank the existing XP partition and created new install and swap partitions (8GB and 1GB respectively). I couldn't get the ISO to boot from USB so had to create a DVD but, running the option to try without installing, everything looked fine at first glance including the screen resolution of 1240x768.
However when I installed, having set the region settings to en-GB the keyboard defaulted to en-US initially and the screen resolution set itself to 600x800. The keyboard issue was easily fixed by changing the Keyboard Layout Handler Settings but there were no options in the Monitor Settings other than 600x800 and Auto, which changed nothing. Googling the SIS 650/740 chipset I came across plenty of Linux threads, mainly describing how to create and add a new display mode in XRandR. I tried following various advice but I was unable to create a new display mode, I only got errors. To cut a long story short I created a xorg.conf file and rebooted, ready to edit it and add the resolution settings I desired, only to find that this in itself had rectified the issue. The resolution 1024x768 now appears in the Monitor Settings.
I'm puzzled as xorg.conf doesn't come with Lubuntu by default and I didn't configure it so why did just creating it fix the problem? I'm also puzzled by the fact that the resolution seemed fine when I was trialling Lubuntu from the ISO. To my mind that suggests the driver to run the chipset exists in the release build but somehow wasn't assigned properly. Anyone got any ideas?