[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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