Monitor Settings at boot; Ottawa Linux or Ubuntu Club?

[robert]

Hi,

I'm new to Ubuntu and Linux and enjoying it heaps.  It's (odd as this
sounds) one of the most exciting things I've played with on my computer
in years.  I love the tinker-ability and its DIY quality. I'm running
Ubuntu 7.10 exclusively on a stock HP Pavilion 7965 with an ATI
All-in-Wonder and a Samsung 515v monitor.  I have two questions:

1) While the Live disk's load screen appears to recognize that my
monitor works best 1024x768-60Hz, the install on my boot drive sets off
the "not ideal settings" message on my monitor during the load screen.
My searches through the community docs have not yet turned up any
solutions to this quirk.  Has anyone encountered and/or solved this?

2) Is there a Linux or Ubuntu Club in Ottawa?  My Google searches
haven't turned up anything.

Thanks in advance,
Rob Adornato