screen resolution

[Duncan Lithgow]

On Sun, 2006-07-30 at 00:42 +1000, Nikolai wrote:
> I just installed Ubuntu Dapper Drake and am enjoying it. I must say I 
> was amazed at how easy and quick the installation went but as I'm now 
> trying to configure the system to my liking and needs, some questions 
> arise. I'm hoping to receive some valuable advice here but I'll take it 
> one step at the time.
> 
> Screen resolution - as the installation was complete, it defaulted to 
> 1600x1200 and even though I wouldn't mind running my system at the 
> resolution that high, I would rather prefer to have it at 1280x1024 
> instead. I went to System->Preferences->Screen Resolution and changed it 
> to 1280x1024, the screen went black, then I was sent to login screen 
> (lost an unsaved document in the meantime), logged in, the resolution is 
> back to 1600x1200. Tried a couple of times more, same thing. Any ideas 
> what's going on?
Interesting problem, I'm sorry I don't know what happened. Can I suggest
you file a bug at launchpad?
Check if it's already there and then file it against the package (my
guess) xserver-xorg-driver-ati

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs

> 
> My video card is Radeon X1600 Pro with 256mb, I looked at xorg.config 
> and under "Device" section I have:
> 
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier	"ATI Technologies, Inc. ATI Default Card"
> 	Driver		"vesa"
> 	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
> 
> 
> I'm guessing perhaps I should install the ATI driver for it seems like 
> at the moment I'm using a generic driver, no? I was intending to do that 
> anyway but in the meantime, before I gather info on how actually do 
> that, can this little annoyance be fixed some other way?
To check if your need to install ati proprietary free driver go though
the system help, desktop guide for the 3d cards section of hardware.
Instructions for testing and installing are there.

Duncan


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