On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Kevin Meyer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > I've loaded lucid lynx on an old Dell C600 notebook. Through the GUI > config utility the max video res showing is 800x600. The screen is much > more capable than that. I checked the Ubuntu blogs and there are > instructions on how to fix this. One in particular involves editing the > xorg.conf file. *However, my machine doesn't have a xorg.conf file in the > etc/X11 directory.* are you sure? > I tried running sudo xorg -configure *but I get a fatal server error > saying that server is already active for display 0*. How can I get out of > this mess? Can you help me to understand how xorg works better so I can fix > this? Thanks. > first turn off your X (ctrl+alt+f1, /etc/init.d/gdm stop, or kdm or whatever you use). X -configure turn on your X (startx or /etc/init.d/gdm start) which vga are you using (model/version/revision)? lspci | grep VGA EDID has a bug with some intel and ati cards. EDID is responsible to identify a lot of informations about your monitor. Some developers are fixing this problem. > I have all the needed info on the the ATI Mobility M3 chipset and the > screen resolutions. > Regards, > Kevin > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected]: X.Org support > Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > Your subscription address: [email protected] >
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