everything is oversized in ubuntu

[bolter40k]

i just recently reinstalled ubuntu after previous problems and now its working almost perfectly, however everything is oversized. Icons, text, windows, toolbars, and even the menus.

I tried adjusting the resolution but its stuck on 640x480.
I tried changing the themes and that didnt work.
I think its because i have absolutely no drivers installed and ubuntu cant seem to detect my hardware.
Previously i had 8.04 installed and i never had the=is problem before, maybe it has something to do with the fact that i installed from the graphics safe settings on the boot disk...

[loboc]

What kind of graphics card do you have and what drivers are loaded;

Copy paste the results of
lspci and
lsmod to the forum

[loboc]

displayconfig-gtk&

Should let you select the driver and display settings. Problem is you may not have the drivers for you card installed from the cd. Newer ATI and NVIDIA cards perform better using proprietary drivers not included on the CD due to licensing

[bolter40k]

What kind of graphics card do you have and what drivers are loaded;

Copy paste the results of
lspci and
lsmod to the forum

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 01)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 81)

lsmod

Module Size Used by
ipv6 267780 8
af_packet 23812 2
rfcomm 41744 2
l2cap 25728 13 rfcomm
bluetooth 61156 4 rfcomm,l2cap
ppdev 10372 0
speedstep_lib 6532 0
cpufreq_stats 7104 0
cpufreq_ondemand 9740 0
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0
cpufreq_conservative 8712 0
cpufreq_userspace 5284 0
freq_table 5536 2 cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
video 19856 0
output 4736 1 video
sbs 15112 0
sbshc 7680 1 sbs
container 5632 0
dock 11280 0
battery 14212 0
iptable_filter 3840 0
ip_tables 14820 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 16132 1 ip_tables
ac 6916 0
lp 12324 0
parport_pc 36260 1
parport 37832 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
evdev 13056 2
snd_intel8x0 35356 3
snd_ac97_codec 101028 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 3072 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 42144 0
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 78596 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 4868 0
psmouse 40336 0
serio_raw 7940 0
pcspkr 4224 0
snd_seq_oss 35584 0
snd_seq_midi 9376 0
snd_rawmidi 25760 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 8320 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
button 9232 0
snd_seq 54224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_timer 24836 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 9612 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
snd 56996 17 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_ oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi, snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 8800 1 snd
shpchp 34452 0
snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
pci_hotplug 30880 1 shpchp
iTCO_wdt 13092 0
iTCO_vendor_support 4868 1 iTCO_wdt
i2c_i810 5636 0
intel_agp 25492 1
i2c_algo_bit 7300 1 i2c_i810
agpgart 34760 1 intel_agp
i2c_core 24832 2 i2c_i810,i2c_algo_bit
ext3 136712 1
jbd 48404 1 ext3
mbcache 9600 1 ext3
sg 36880 0
sr_mod 17956 0
cdrom 37408 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 30720 3
ata_generic 8324 0
pata_acpi 8320 0
floppy 59588 0
ata_piix 19588 2
e100 37388 0
mii 6400 1 e100
libata 159344 3 ata_generic,pata_acpi,ata_piix
scsi_mod 151436 4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
ehci_hcd 37900 0
uhci_hcd 27024 0
usbcore 146028 3 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
thermal 16796 0
processor 36872 1 thermal
fan 5636 0
fbcon 42912 0
tileblit 3456 1 fbcon
font 9472 1 fbcon
bitblit 6784 1 fbcon
softcursor 3072 1 bitblit
fuse 50708 3


ill try the second in a second thx for your help

[bolter40k]

displayconfig-gtk&

Should let you select the driver and display settings. Problem is you may not have the drivers for you card installed from the cd. Newer ATI and NVIDIA cards perform better using proprietary drivers not included on the CD due to licensing

everything is greyed out and it says that i need admin properties but i am the only account

[loboc]

you need to use sudo to elevate the rights of that command

also apparently your bios settings need to be adjusted

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-256470.html

There is also a package called 915resolution but I am not familar with it


sudo apt-get install 915resolution

[loboc]

sorry i forgot sudo I am going to get some food good luck for now

[bolter40k]

you need to use sudo to elevate the rights of that command

also apparently your bios settings need to be adjusted

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-256470.html

There is also a package called 915resolution but I am not familar with it


sudo apt-get install 915resolution

the bios worked i changed it from 1mb to 8mb Thank You