> > On 7/31/07, Earl Needham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > And now it's gone bad again, but it's SO bad that I can't > > even see the screen well enough to change the resolution to something > > that will work. > > > > I really wanted Kubuntu to work, because I really wanted > > Xastir to work. But I think this is the end and I'm done with it. > > > > I wonder if Fedora is less buggy. > > Earl
I have 3 Kubuntu virtual machines running on 3 different machines, and one appears to have a similar problem - it has dropped down to 640x480 resolution, and it won't let me change it back. It is one of two that I put together "quick and dirty" without using VMware tools, so it was on the default 1024x768 prior to dropping to 640x480. I'm fairly sure I can fix it by running the VMware tools script, but I won' t be back home until August 9th to try that. A couple of ideas - maybe it is Kubuntu/KDE related, and the standard Ubuntu with the Gnome desktop may not have the problem, so you could try installing Ubuntu. The other idea is to install Windows and VMware server (a free download) and then install Kubuntu under VMware server and use VMware tools to set the video resolution. One of the Kubuntu virtual machines I have at home was done that way, and it has been just fine. In general I would prefer to run Linux natively on a laptop like you have been doing, but if it is known that Windows works well with your video card and wireless card, VMware may be a decent solution. Regards, Lee - K5DAT Murphy, TX _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
