I'm trying to set up a computer for work. I have no control over the hardware; I need to set up this to run Windows XP in a VM, and it has to be off the network, so any updates beyond what are on the installation CD need to be downloadable and then installable from a USB stick or CD.
The computer has the following graphics:
Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03)
The monitor is a NEC LCD 175M capable of 1280x1024
I've tried both 11.04 and 11.10 today, and neither give me anything but 640x480.
When I try the the Preferences - Display I cannot change the resolution, cannot detect a monitor...
I tried creating an xorg.conf file.
Code:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "NEC 175M-BK"
HorizSync 39-75
VertRefresh 56-75
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "NEC 175M-BK"
Device "Configured Video Device"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection
"Driver can't support depth 24"
Changed DefaultDepth and Depth to 16 and tried again.
X server started, but 640 x 480 resolution.
I looked in /var/log/Xorg.0.log and found a list of "Supported established timings" including
1024x768@60Hz
1024x768@70Hz
1024x768@75Hz
1280x1024@75Hz
Also, monitor was identified as NEC LCD175M and its serial number was correct...
I don't understand what's going on here; why the xorg log can identify the monitor, yet the GUI cannot...
any ideas?
K.
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