Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Hi!
On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 04:47:38PM -0700, NoOp wrote:
On 07/19/2007 05:08 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
I downloaded Ubuntu 7.04 yesterday, burnt it onto a DVD and booted,
live-DVD style. It was impressive: it even managed to find my Ethernet
card and set up an internet connection through my router, probably with
DHCP. Not sure what it was using as a name server, but what the heck.
However, although it recognised my Matrox video card, it booted up in
800 x 600 at 60Hz, which is too coarse a resolution and flickers
horribly on my 17" CRT monitor. I found the screen adjustment thingy,
and the only alternatives it presented me were 640 x 480 and 56 Hz.
Yuck!
That's easy enough to fix. You'll need to adjust your
/etc/X11/xorg.conf settings. Drop me a note & I'll be happy to help you
do it.
Thanks! But I know how to do it already. I had to do it for Debian
Sarge, and I've kept notes. It's just that it needs to be done, it'll
take between half an hour and two hours, and combined with all the other
things which are also easy to fix, that's several joyless days taken out
of my life. That's why I don't upgrade GNU/Linux at all often. And it's
been raining all day in Ittersbach. :-(
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