embolalia1187
May 28th, 2008, 02:10 AM
TO GOOGLERS:
Your best bet with this problem is a new screen. Sorry. But I could not find any way to change the refresh rate without crashing the computer. As it turns out, that screen was one of few that don't support that refresh rate/resolution combination. I got a new one from newegg.com for about $140 after shipping.
Now to the original thread:
I think this is the right spot to put this, but I'm not sure.
Anyway, my XP box's HD failed, so I put in a salvaged drive and put Ubuntu 8.04 on it. It runs like a charm, most of the time. But the resolution is 1280x1024, and I can't change it to the screen's 1440x900 intended resolution. I have worked with Ubuntu a little before, a year or two ago. But I have no idea how to fix this. I seem to have narrowed down it has something to do with xorg.conf? But I edited that and it did nothing.
GFX card is Intel Graphics Media accelerator 900, which I think is the Intel 82915G/82910GL Express Chipset Family.
And here's my original xorg.conf: (all the stuff after the # lines)
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "vesa"
Option "UseFBDev" "true"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
EndSection
Thanks in advance for any help!
Your best bet with this problem is a new screen. Sorry. But I could not find any way to change the refresh rate without crashing the computer. As it turns out, that screen was one of few that don't support that refresh rate/resolution combination. I got a new one from newegg.com for about $140 after shipping.
Now to the original thread:
I think this is the right spot to put this, but I'm not sure.
Anyway, my XP box's HD failed, so I put in a salvaged drive and put Ubuntu 8.04 on it. It runs like a charm, most of the time. But the resolution is 1280x1024, and I can't change it to the screen's 1440x900 intended resolution. I have worked with Ubuntu a little before, a year or two ago. But I have no idea how to fix this. I seem to have narrowed down it has something to do with xorg.conf? But I edited that and it did nothing.
GFX card is Intel Graphics Media accelerator 900, which I think is the Intel 82915G/82910GL Express Chipset Family.
And here's my original xorg.conf: (all the stuff after the # lines)
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "vesa"
Option "UseFBDev" "true"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
EndSection
Thanks in advance for any help!