ubuntu-ca Digest, Vol 46, Issue 13

[Duffields]

I have encountered that and here are my noted to correct it from the last time 
it happened.

Video Settings    (Adding to Monitor resolution availability settings)
2008-08-20  To add video resolution settings to those made available by 
default in Ubuntu 8.04 :

[ALT]+[F2] 
Enter:  " gksudo displayconfig-gtk "  (without quotations)
(Can also enter this from a terminal)
Choose Generic and the resolution that your monitor supports.  Note that there 
is an option to use Wide Screen.  On virtual machines I do not use that.
Note that selecting the driver for a specific monitor may not work correctly 
unless you have installed the specific driver.
With the ViewSonic UltraBrite A90f+, using the settings in Ubuntu for that 
monitor produced a screen display much too large.

I selected a Generic CRT monitor of resolution 1024 x 768 and it loaded a 
series of resolutions from which I could then select using [System], 
[Preferences], [Screen Resolution] to try out various resolutions until I 
found the one I wanted.  There are options for flat screen and CRT.   

If you still have trouble, I have some older notes that go into even more 
detail and involve downloading some files.

Mac


On Sun January 11 2009 04:00:13 am ubuntu-ca-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
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> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:46:03 -0400
> From: J Reeves <jreeves at nf.sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Lost my 1024x768 screen resolution
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> After upgrading on 8.04.01 to  kernel 24.23, my screen resolution has been
> reduced to one choice only:
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> john at lc2000:~$ xrandr
> Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 640 x 480, maximum 640 x 480
> default connected 640x480+0+0 0mm x 0mm
>    640x480        61.0*
>
> What happened?  How can I get my 1024x768 resolution back?
>
> John
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:00:44 -0500
> From: "Karyn Popel" <karyn.popel at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Lost my 1024x768 screen resolution
> To: "The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community" <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Stab in the dark:  Did you download/activate the restricted video drivers?
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> http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/nvidia
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> K
>
> On 1/10/09, J Reeves <jreeves at nf.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > After upgrading on 8.04.01 to  kernel 24.23, my screen resolution has
> > been reduced to one choice only:
> >
> > john at lc2000:~$ xrandr
> > Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 640 x 480, maximum 640 x 480
> > default connected 640x480+0+0 0mm x 0mm
> >    640x480        61.0*
> >
> > What happened?  How can I get my 1024x768 resolution back?
> >
> > John
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:03:35 -0500
> From: "Leslie Lewis" <lesliel8 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Lost my 1024x768 screen resolution
> To: "The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community" <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> I had that problem too. Do you have an NVIDIA card? I solved it by
> downloading a handy little program that sets up the NVIDIA drivers
> properly. Unfortunately I'm using a ship's library computer in the middle
> of the Atlantic just now and can't remember the name of it. I recorded my
> success on the Ubuntu forum, though. My username there is LeslieL - you can
> search my (very few) recent messages there for more.
>
> I think the problem may be fixed in 8.10.
>
> Leslie
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