Can't adjust my monitor

[carnivorum2]

Bs'd

I have U 12.10 LTS, just bought a new monitor, and I can't adjust the thing. Before this I had an old one, square, worked fine.

Now I have a wide one, brand "Innova", and the whole picture is wide, can't compress it . How do I change that?

[kostkon]

That's an unusual request, I have to say, but can't you just select an 4:3 resolution in your Display settings?

[carnivorum2]

Bs'd

I have in display settings two options, that is 1024 x 768 (4:3) and 800 x 600 (4:3). He is now on 1024 x 768, and when I switch over to 800 x 600 everything becomes way too big.

[yoreei.grigorov]

Maybe you should install the proprietary drivers for your video card?

[carnivorum2]

Maybe you should install the proprietary drivers for your video card?

Bs'd

How can I see what video card I have?

[tgalati4]

Open a terminal:

lspci | grep VGA

[carnivorum2]

Open a terminal:

lspci | grep VGA

Bs'd

I get this answer:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)


Is that it?

[Bucky Ball]

Yep, and the drivers should already be there. Most intel graphics is supported by the kernel.

Try:

sudo lshw -C video

And post the output back here. That should show what driver you have installed.

[carnivorum2]

Yep, and the drivers should already be there. Most intel graphics is supported by the kernel.

Try:

sudo lshw -C video

And post the output back here. That should show what driver you have installed.

Bs'd

description: VGA compatible controller
product: 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 09
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:42 memory:f7800000-f7bfffff memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:f000(size=64)