[afnog] Increasing Screen Resolution on Ubuntu

Oluwaseun Ojedeji seun.ojedeji at gmail.com
Fri Sep 24 07:47:37 UTC 2010


Hello Tracy,

Thanks for your suggestions...we sorted it out off-list, it happened to be
the driver of the wired SIS card...(ok Benjamin not wired but strange...:) )
but as soon as we got the driver. Everything worked like magic.

Cheers

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Tracy Musaza <cocko_mirindi at yahoo.fr>wrote:

> Hello Benjamin and Oluwaseun,
>
> if I remember Since version 9.04 or 9.10 of Ubuntu, the Xorg don't create
> the default xorg.org .
>
> Just relaxe ,  take a cup of milk and create an empty /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> and copy this in side using your favorite editor ( vi in my vase, gnome-edit
> , joe or vim can make it right !!).
>
>
> Section "DRI"
>         Mode 0666
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>    #DisplaySize     380   300   # mm
>    Identifier   "Monitor0"
>    VendorName   "ACERR"  #  Acer,toshiba, lenovo, or whatever
>    ModelName    "Acer AL1951" # put your laptop name here
>  ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
>    HorizSync    30.0 - 83.0
>    VertRefresh  55.0 - 75.0
>    Option       "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>         ### Available Driver options are:-
>         ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
>         ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
>         ### [arg]: arg optional
>         #Option     "NoAccel"               # [<bool>]
>         #Option     "SWcursor"              # [<bool>]
>         #Option     "ColorKey"              # <i>
>         #Option     "CacheLines"            # <i>
>         #Option     "Dac6Bit"               # [<bool>]
>         #Option     "DRI"                   # [<bool>]
>         #Option     "NoDDC"                 # [<bool>]
>         #Option     "ShowCache"             # [<bool>]
>         #Option     "XvMCSurfaces"          # <i>
>         #Option     "PageFlip"              # [<bool>]
>    Identifier  "Card0"
>    Driver      "i810"
>    VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
>    BoardName   "82865G Integrated Graphics Controller"
>    BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
> EndSection
>
>
>
> Section "Screen"
>    Identifier "Screen0"
>    Device     "Card0"
>    Monitor    "Monitor0"
>         #DefaultDepth 24
>    DefaultDepth 16
>    SubSection "Display"
>       Depth     1
>       Modes   "800x600"
>    EndSubSection
>    SubSection "Display"
>       Depth     4
>       Modes   "800x600"
>    EndSubSection
>    SubSection "Display"
>       Depth     8
>       Modes   "800x600"
>    EndSubSection
>    SubSection "Display"
>       Depth     15
>       Modes   "1280x1024" "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600"
>    EndSubSection
>    SubSection "Display"
>       Depth     16
>       Modes   "1280x1024" "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600"
>    EndSubSection
>    SubSection "Display"
>       Depth     24
>       Modes   "1280x1024" "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600"
>    EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
>  ###################################################
>
>
> Do not forget adapt the graphic driver with your graphic video card ( intel
> in my case ),
>
> I knew the same problem on my ASUS, this can help you also. I use it with
> my Sabayon Flavour.....
>
>
>
> Section "Module"
>
>     SubSection  "extmod"
>
>        Option    "omit xfree86-dga"
>
>     EndSubSection
>
>     Load    "i2c"
>
>     Load    "ddc"
>
>     Load    "vbe"
>
>     Load    "dri"
>
>     Load    "glx"
>
>     Load    "synaptics"
>
> EndSection
>
>
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
>
>      Option    "AllowMouseOpenFail"    "true"
>
> EndSection
>
>
>
> Section "Monitor"
>
>     Identifier    "Generic Monitor"
>
>     VertRefresh    35 - 70
>
>     HorizSync      28 - 90
>
> EndSection
>
>
>
> Section "Device"
>
>
>
>     Identifier  "SabayonVga0"
>
>     Driver      "vesa"
>
>     BusID    "PCI:01:00"
>
>     Option "RenderAccel" "on"
>
>     Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
>
>     Option "BusType" "PCI"
>
>     Option "ColorTiling" "on"
>
>     Option "EnablePageFlip" "on"
>
>     Option "UseEvents" "True"
>
>     Option "LogoPath" "/usr/share/backgrounds/sabayonlinux-nvidia.png"
>
>
>
> EndSection
>
>
>
> Section "Screen"
>
>
>
>     Identifier    "Screen 0"
>
>     Device        "SabayonVga0"
>
>     Monitor       "Generic Monitor"
>
>     Option       "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
>
>
>
>     DefaultDepth 24
>
>
>
>     SubSection "Display"
>
>         Depth           8
>
>         ViewPort        0 0
>
>         Modes    "1440x1024" "1440x960" "1360x1050" "1360x1024" "1360x960"
> "1360x800" "1280x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1280x768"
>
>     EndSubsection
>
>
>
>     SubSection "Display"
>
>         Depth           16
>
>         ViewPort        0 0
>
>         Modes    "1440x1024" "1440x960" "1360x1050" "1360x1024" "1360x960"
> "1360x800" "1280x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1280x768"
>
>     EndSubsection
>
>
>
>     SubSection "Display"
>
>         Depth           24
>
>         ViewPort        0 0
>
>         Modes   "1440x1024" "1440x960" "1360x1050" "1360x1024" "1360x960"
> "1360x800" "1280x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1280x768"
>
>     EndSubsection
>
>
>
> EndSection
>
>
>
>  Section "DRI"
>
>     Mode 0666
>
> EndSection
>
>
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>
>     Identifier   "Main Layout"
>
>     Screen 0    "Screen 0"
>
> EndSection
>
>
>
> Section "Extensions"
>
>    Option "Composite" "Enable"
>
> EndSection
>
>
>
>
> GOOD LUCK
>
>
> *Coko Tracy *
>
> --- En date de : *Jeu 23.9.10, Oluwaseun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com>*a écrit :
>
>
> De: Oluwaseun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com>
> Objet: Re: [afnog] Increasing Screen Resolution on Ubuntu
> À: "Benjamin Cobblah" <cbnayai at yahoo.co.uk>
> Cc: "afnog" <afnog at afnog.org>
> Date: Jeudi 23 septembre 2010, 14h19
>
>
> Hello friend,
>
> Since its desktop... go to system>preferences>monitors>. We can continue
> off-list if you still need help.
>
> Regards
>
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Benjamin Cobblah <cbnayai at yahoo.co.uk<http://fr.mc297.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=cbnayai@yahoo.co.uk>
> > wrote:
>
>  Dear All,
>
> I installed Ubuntu 10.04 on my laptop. Everything worked except the monitor
> display which defaulted to 800x600 (not good). I need something like
> 1280x800
>
> After searching google, and trying all suggested comments
> "
> http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/lucidubuntu-10-04-high-resolution-plymouth-virtual-terminal-for-atinvidia-cards-with-proprietaryrestricted-driver/",
> it still did not work
>
> I have attached my dmesg file so that someone with an idea on how to fix
> this could help.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Benjamin
>
>
>
>
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