Well I used a live CD from a different distro and was able to find out some information about the graphics card. (VIA Unichrome Pro). It's a very low end machine with the graphics integrated into the mother board. With that information and the information, below, I was able to fix the screen resolution problem.
On Oct 2, 3:15 pm, mahjongg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can add a video card and monitor configuration program "Screens > and Graphics", by adding it with the menu editor, you can find here: > > System Preferences>Preferences>Main-menu > > You can find the "Screens and Graphics" in the "others" section. > It will also appear in the "others" section in the Applications menu. > Start the "Screens and Graphics" menu, and give your login password. > With this program, you can configure gOS to use the correct graphics > card and monitor, you can test each combination. One pre-condition is > that you must know -exactly- what video card is in your system, and > you need to have a good idea what monitor/LCD you are using, or at > least what maximum resolution it can do. > > On 2 okt, 18:00, Grandpavic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have just loaded gos 3.0. The system to automatically detect the > > graphics card and hence the possible screen resolution doesn't work. > > > Are there a set of Linux comands that I can run to > > > 1. Determine the name of the graphics card in the machine, and > > 2. Download the correct drivers > > > so that I can fix the problem. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
