[Linux-users] weird X resolution behaviour

2012-06-20 Thread Barry
Hi all. 2 or 3 days ago my monitor lost its set resolution resulting in full screen displays being cropped top/bottom. The monitor is an AOC model 193FW 19 inch wide screen with max resolution of 1440 x 900 (16x10). I first thought the monitor was faulty but the monitor's hardware

Re: [Linux-users] weird X resolution behaviour

2012-06-20 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Barry barr...@paradise.net.nz wrote: Hi all. 2 or 3 days ago my monitor lost its set resolution resulting in full screen displays being cropped top/bottom. The monitor is an AOC model 193FW 19 inch wide screen with max resolution of 1440 x 900 (16x10). I

Re: [Linux-users] weird X resolution behaviour

2012-06-20 Thread Barry
On 20/06/12 20:45, Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Barrybarr...@paradise.net.nz wrote: Hi all. 2 or 3 days ago my monitor lost its set resolution resulting in full screen displays being cropped top/bottom. The monitor is an AOC model 193FW 19 inch wide screen with max

Re: [Linux-users] Internal speakers stopped working

2012-06-20 Thread Aidan Gauland
On 25/05/12 14:08, Aidan Gauland wrote: On 25/05/12 14:01, Paul Swafford wrote: have you tried it with a Live-CD eg Knoppix or Mepis? do that then you've cut the issue down a fair amount. Good idea! I'll try that next, then post my findings. Well, now that exams are over, I tried Puppy

Re: [Linux-users] Internal speakers stopped working

2012-06-20 Thread Roger Searle
On 21/06/12 13:56, Aidan Gauland wrote: Well, now that exams are over, I tried Puppy Linux, but the BIOS refused to boot from the disc. I have no idea why. I've had numerous occasions where a particular cd/dvd drive fails to see a particular disk with distro burnt to it. The md5sum of the