Cool! Thanks for letting us all know how you fixed it! Glad you got it working properly.
Good job! --El On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 5:32 PM Ram Ramesh <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/17/20 12:22 PM, Elbert LaGrew wrote: > > I made this simple file and execute it. The options show un in arandr > > > > #/bin/bash! > > xrandr --newmode "1920x1080_60.00" 173.00 1920 2048 2248 2576 1080 > > 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync > > xrandr --newmode "1920x1200_60.00" 173.00 1920 2048 2248 2576 1200 > > 1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync > > sleep 1 > > xrandr --addmode VGA-0 1920x1080_60.00 > > xrandr --addmode VGA-0 1920x1200_60.00 > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 11:29 AM Ram Ramesh <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have been with mythbuntu 14.04 as I have not been able to > > upgrade > > to xubuntu 16.04/18.04 and now to 20.04. Every time, I try to do a > > fresh > > install, I hit some snag and I have to give up. Hopefully, this > > time I > > am able to resolve it before hitting the point of no return. > > > > Here is what I did in my install. I get the usb done and boot. > > First > > the usb stick boots to 4K with tiny little characters as my TV is 4K > > (doubles as monitor). I cannot imagine why install would default > > to 4K. > > That should be a later option. I could not get out of 4K and I > > could not > > see anything to install from a 4K TV. Now I get a new monitor and > > everything seems ok, my monitor resolution is perfect 1920x1200, > > and I > > proceed to install with special drivers enabled because I want > > proprietary nvidia drivers. It installs and boots from hard drive and > > things seem to look ok. However, first software update kills my > > monitor > > resolution to 640x480 with no option to change in the display > > setup. It > > does not have any other modes and xrandr confirms it also. So, > > somewhere > > something went wrong and Xorg is nolonger is able to find the > > right kind > > of match between my card and monitor. > > > > I have no idea as to how to proceed. I want to know how this > > happened so that I do not get hit with the same issue next time I > > upgrade to 22.04. After all, this is free SW and I want to do my part > > rather than just complain. > > > > In the past, the issues have been getting mythtv working. This > > time > > it is getting install going well. > > > > Regards > > Ramesh > > > > -- > > xubuntu-users mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]> > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users > > > > > > > > -- > > El LaGrew > > http://godchose.blogspot.com/ > > > > > This did not help. I suspected that much as I had palyed a bit with > xrandr and the output I got prior to this test was major suspect. > > In any case, I did resolve the issue. Something was haywire with Xorg > and it was not picking up the right driver. I could not figure this out > from the Xorg.log in syslog. So, I decided to force the process > manually. I uninstalled all video drivers (xserver-xorg-video-all and > its friends) installed just one driver nvidia-440. Sure enough now it > works as expected. However, my monitor can do 75hz refresh and for some > reason that was not being detected. I added a new visa mode for > 1920_1200_75 and voila everything is working fine. I would not have > gotten the last step without your suggestion. Thanks for suggesting to > add a new mode. > > I see that 20.04.1 is out. So, no point in complaining about 20.04. So, > I do not plan on filing any bug report. > > Regards > Ramesh > > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users > -- El LaGrew http://godchose.blogspot.com/
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