Any idea what I have done wrong? I couldn't get much help by going through the manual pages. I have rebooted about 3 times and still didn't get 1280×1024.# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
SubSection "Display"
Depth "24"
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "720x400"
EndSubSection
EndSection
This:Stefan Wagner wrote:What does
report?
If you don't have a better idea, I would try Depth "16".
campbell@queeg:~$ egrep "^\(EE\)|\(WW\)|\(NI\)\(\?\?\)" /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
(WW) intel(0): Disabling Xv because no adaptors could be initialized.
Campbell Ritchie wrote:Good grief Jesper not knowing about a Linux problem is a bit like Rob Prime not knowing about a programming question.
Joe Ess wrote:
One interesting thing to this community: Rumor has it that Ubuntu is not going to update Sun Java in the repository. OpenJDK is the default Java from now on.
Campbell Ritchie wrote: . . . and ended up in text-only mode. So I tried deleting the depth line and only left "1280x1024" under mode and rebooted and . . .
Peter Johnson wrote:Personally, I never install any of the Java-related stuff using the Linux package manager. .... Hey, it's platform independent. so why not!
Yes, as I said, with the nomodeset optionPat Farrell wrote: . . . You probably have this fixed by now. . . .
Peter Johnson wrote:I noticed the laptop making an annoying popping sound about every 20-30 seconds
Maneesh Godbole wrote:As I write this, I am downloading 9.10 (Karmic Koala) on my home laptop. Still 9 more hours to go @30KBps . Can't wait.
Anybody upgraded already? Any problems?
Post by: Donald
Christophe Verré wrote:This thread is a bit old... 10.04 is out now... oh well
Don't get me started about those stupid light bulbs. |