I am new to all this and after having tried a USB live Mint 19, which didn't find my laptop monitor and gave only default monitor with a list of preset resolutions I thought that after installing I would have more luck... After installation I have only 640x480 73Hz, which on a screen with a native 1280x800 59.81Hz is a little unusable (the resolution I found in the manufacturer's details for the laptop). I tried downloading what I understood to be the correct driver from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xs ... openchrome, downloading the file xf86-video-openchrome-0.6.0, which I hoped might self install after typing:
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
in control terminal I amnow trying a reboot.
I tried these commands to provide some info:
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~$ xrandr
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 640 x 480, maximum 640 x 480
default connected 640x480+0+0 0mm x 0mm
640x480 73.00*
1280x800_60.00 (0x2c4) 83.500MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 1280 start 1352 end 1480 total 1680 skew 0 clock 49.70KHz
v: height 800 start 803 end 809 total 831 clock 59.81Hz
~$ lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 [Chrome 9 HC] (rev 01)
~$ xrandr | grep '*'
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
640x480 73.00*
Below a system info dump if it might be helpful:
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~$ lshw
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
pheonix-amilo-li1705
description: Computer
width: 32 bits
*-core
description: Motherboard
physical id: 0
*-memory
description: System memory
physical id: 0
size: 1755MiB
*-cpu
product: Intel(R) Celeron(R) M CPU 440 @ 1.86GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 1
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.14.12
serial: 0000-06EC-0000-0000-0000-0000
size: 1850MHz
width: 32 bits
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe nx constant_tsc arch_perfmon bts cpuid aperfmperf pni monitor tm2 xtpr pdcm dtherm
*-pci:0
description: Host bridge
product: CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-via latency=8
resources: irq:0 memory:c0000000-c7ffffff
*-generic UNCLAIMED
description: PIC
product: CN896/VN896/P4M900 I/O APIC Interrupt Controller
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 0.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.5
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: io_x_-apic bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: VT8237/VX700 PCI Bridge
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
resources: memory:c8000000-c8ffffff memory:a0000000-bfffffff
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: CN896/VN896/P4M900 [Chrome 9 HC]
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=16 mingnt=2
resources: memory:a0000000-bfffffff memory:c8000000-c8ffffff memory:c0000-dffff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: CN896/VN896/P4M900 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 80
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:24 ioport:1000(size=4096) memory:80000000-801fffff ioport:80200000(size=2097152)
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: CN896/VN896/P4M900 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:00:03.0
version: 80
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:25 ioport:7000(size=4096) memory:c9000000-c90fffff ioport:80400000(size=2097152)
*-ide:0
description: IDE interface
product: VT8237A SATA 2-Port Controller
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: f
bus info: pci@0000:00:0f.0
version: 80
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=sata_via latency=64
resources: irq:21 ioport:4c70(size=8) ioport:4c64(size=4) ioport:4c68(size=8) ioport:4c60(size=4) ioport:4c40(size=16) ioport:4400(size=256)
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: f.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:0f.1
version: 07
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pata_via latency=64
resources: irq:0 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:4c50(size=16)
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: VT82xx/62xx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 10
bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0
version: a0
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:20 ioport:4c00(size=32)
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: VT82xx/62xx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 10.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:10.1
version: a0
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:22 ioport:4c20(size=32)
*-usb:2
description: USB controller
product: USB 2.0
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 10.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:10.4
version: 86
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=64
resources: irq:21 memory:c9400000-c94000ff
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: VT8237A PCI to ISA Bridge
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 11
bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: VT6102/VT6103 [Rhine-II]
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
logical name: enp0s18
version: 7c
serial: 00:14:0b:0e:23:b7
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=via-rhine driverversion=1.5.1 duplex=half latency=24 link=no maxlatency=8 mingnt=3 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:23 ioport:4800(size=256) memory:c9400400-c94004ff
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: VT8237A Host Bridge
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 13
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
resources: memory:c9100000-c91fffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: VT8237A/VT8251 HDA Controller
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:04:01.0
version: 10
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:17 memory:c9100000-c9103fff
*-pci:4
description: PCI bridge
product: VT8237A PCI to PCI Bridge
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 13.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
resources: memory:80600000-806fffff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR2413/AR2414 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5005G(S) 802.11bg]
vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:05:01.0
logical name: wlp5s1
version: 01
serial: 00:c0:a8:d9:a3:95
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=4.15.0-20-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.6 latency=168 link=yes maxlatency=28 mingnt=10 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
resources: irq:18 memory:80600000-8060ffff
*-pci:1
description: Host bridge
product: CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:2
description: Host bridge
product: CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:3
description: Host bridge
product: CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:4
description: Host bridge
product: CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 104
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.4
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:5
description: Host bridge
product: CN896/VN896/P4M900 Security Device
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 105
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.6
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:6
description: Host bridge
product: CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 106
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.7
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:7
description: Host bridge
product: VT8237/8251 Ultra VLINK Controller
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 107
bus info: pci@0000:00:11.7
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-scsi
physical id: 2
logical name: scsi1
capabilities: emulated
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVDRAM GSA-T10N
vendor: HL-DT-ST
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: PW02
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program as super-user.
