For adjusting monitor resolution you should go to System->Preferences->Display Here in resolution you can see the maximum resolution supported by your monitor.You can Adjust monitor Resolution and Frequecy there.This should work.
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Re: Adjusting the monitor resolution (Ritesh Sinha) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:40:16 -0800 (PST) > From: "Dhruv \(DST\)" <[email protected]> > Subject: [ubuntu-in] Adjusting the monitor resolution > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi, > > I'm looking to discuss and find an answer to a peculiar problem I seem to > have on my desktop. I own a 2004-vintage Intel P4, 512MB ram, 40GB hard > drive machine. I switched it to Ubuntu around a year back when I first > started using Ubuntu. At the time, I was using a regular CRT monitor and > when I installed Ubuntu it set the resolution to 800x600. After some > tinkering I managed to get it to 1024x768 (unfortunately I now forget how I > managed that). However, a few months later I had to relocate my office, and > in the course of shifting the CRT VGA monitor, it met its end. As a > replacement I bought an Acer 15 inches x153W LCD monitor. > > The trouble is that now Ubuntu does not allow me to change or set the > resolution any higher than the 1024x768. I know the monitor is capable of > handling 1280x1024, but I have been unable to figure out how to get it to > perform at this level. In the mean time, I also upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10 - > everything on the system works fantastically well except for the inability > to reset the monitor resolution to my liking. > > Could someone please help? Thanks in anticipation! > > > Regards, > Dhruv > > +91-9820778755 > [email protected] > > > The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! 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After some >> tinkering I managed to get it to 1024x768 (unfortunately I now forget how >> I managed that). However, a few months later I had to relocate my office, >> and in the course of shifting the CRT VGA monitor, it met its end. As a >> replacement I bought an Acer 15 inches x153W LCD monitor. >> >> The trouble is that now Ubuntu does not allow me to change or set the >> resolution any higher than the 1024x768. I know the monitor is capable of >> handling 1280x1024, but I have been unable to figure out how to get it to >> perform at this level. In the mean time, I also upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10 - >> everything on the system works fantastically well except for the inability >> to reset the monitor resolution to my liking. >> > Does you system have a separate graphics card attached or is the > monitor connected to the onboard (intel) card? If you're using an > Nvidia or ATI card, you may need to install more drivers. > > The other possibility is that Ubuntu may be using VESA (generic) > drivers for your make of card, causing it to max out at 1024x768. Can > you please post the outputs of running the following commands in the > terminal? > > $ glxinfo | grep "direct rendering" > > and > > $ lspci -nn | grep VGA > > > >> Could someone please help? Thanks in anticipation! >> >> >> Regards, >> Dhruv >> >> +91-9820778755 >> [email protected] >> >> >> ________________________________ >> The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! 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