In ubuntu 9.10 and Mint-7
In ubuntu 8.04 there was displayconfig-gtk which set one's display nice and easily. In ubuntu 8.10 onwards to 9.10 this was left out and so it seemed one had to set it manually in xorg.conf. I've had no success. I have tried to do this on my spare machine which ran Fedora ok so i wonder why there are problems with ubuntu 8.10 onwards. I decided this week to give Mint a try and really liked it but i still have the same problem.
From reading various posts on ubuntu forum it seems simple enough. One enters the required values for sections; "device", "monitor" and "screen" into the xorg.conf file. I've taken this from the backup xorg.conf file i saved from ubuntu 8.04 which worked fine [same PC]
as below
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Boardname "Intel 815"
Busid "PCI:0:2:0"
Driver "i810"
Screen 0
Vendorname "Intel"
Option "XaaNoPixmapCache"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Vendorname "Samsung"
Modelname "Samsung SyncMaster 793S/793V/CM173G"
Horizsync 30-71
Vertrefresh 50-160
modeline "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
modeline "640x480@72" 31.5 640 664 704 832 480 489 491 520 -vsync -hsync
modeline "640x480@75" 31.5 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -vsync -hsync
modeline "640x480@85" 36.0 640 696 752 832 480 481 484 509 -vsync -hsync
modeline "800x600@56" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@72" 50.0 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@75" 49.5 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@85" 56.3 800 832 896 1048 600 601 604 631 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
modeline "832x624@75" 57.284 832 864 928 1152 624 625 628 667 -vsync -hsync
modeline "1024x768@85" 94.5 1024 1072 1168 1376 768 769 772 808 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1024x768@75" 78.8 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1024x768@70" 75.0 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -vsync -hsync
modeline "1024x768@60" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -vsync -hsync
modeline "1024x768@43" 44.9 1024 1032 1208 1264 768 768 776 817 +hsync interlace +vsync
modeline "1152x864@75" 108.0 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x960@60" 102.1 1280 1360 1496 1712 960 961 964 994 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x1024@60" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1400x1050@60" 122.61 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1051 1054 1087 -hsync +vsync
Gamma 1.0
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Defaultdepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768@70" "1024x768@60" "1024x768@75" "1024x768@43" "1024x768@85" "1152x864@75" "832x624@75" "1280x960@60" "800x600@60" "1280x1024@60" "800x600@85" "1400x1050@60" "800x600@75" "800x600@72" "800x600@56" "640x480@85" "640x480@75" "640x480@72" "640x480@60"
EndSubSection
EndSection
I'm sure this is easier to do than i seem to have found it and would be very grateful if someone could put me right.
setting display 1024 x 768
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jessejazza
setting display 1024 x 768
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nadir
Re: setting display 1024 x 768
you have tried grandr or xrandr or such (assuming its availiable in the repos, i`m not sure bout that).
have you tried intel as a driver in xorg.conf (instead of i810), i dont know if that works or not.
if you put your xorg.conf in code tags it will be more easy to read (not for me, for the ones who know how its supposed to be configured
)
check if this how-to may be of help in your case:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=26577
or just wait for better adice
good luck
have you tried intel as a driver in xorg.conf (instead of i810), i dont know if that works or not.
if you put your xorg.conf in code tags it will be more easy to read (not for me, for the ones who know how its supposed to be configured
)check if this how-to may be of help in your case:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=26577
or just wait for better adice
good luck
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pluraldave
Re: setting display 1024 x 768
Can't you just use "gnome-display-properties" ("Display" in the menu) to set the required resolution?
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jessejazza
Re: setting display 1024 x 768
Not that i've tried. xrandr/grandr i haven't found that easy to use. What other folk do who just swap a monitor i don't know. I don't know why ubuntu cannot leave things alone when they produce a new release. I tried fedora gnome and that works fine. I've just tried Mepis this evening and have to say it is one hell of an improvement on ubuntu - even faster perhaps i've only tried it on my spare test machine that is a Compaq P3.pluraldave wrote:Can't you just use "gnome-display-properties" ("Display" in the menu) to set the required resolution?
Ubuntu was my introduction to Linux but i have found that they do odd things with each release at times. I think i'm going to find myself converted to Mepis.