did everything till I got to the activate part. . it then says xrandr: Configure crtc 0 failed so I guess its not activated . . what could be the problem ? here is my xrandr report mwangi@mwangi-desktop:~$ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 800 x 600, maximum 1024 x 768 default connected 800x600+0+0 0mm x 0mm 800x600 60.0* 56.0 640x480 60.0 400x300 60.0 56.0 320x240 60.0 1024x768_60.00 59.9 mwangi@mwangi-desktop:~$ @bernard the mode didnt show on the GUI tool . . Laban was guiding me through setting up a new one. . . On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Bernard Mwagiru <bmwagiru@gmail.com> wrote:
How about the system/preference/display option? See attachment ./bernard
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
sorry didn't post the whole of it. . . .
mwangi@mwangi-desktop:~$ xvinfo X-Video Extension version 2.2 screen #0 Adaptor #0: "Savage Streams Engine" number of ports: 1 port base: 56 operations supported: PutImage supported visuals: depth 16, visualID 0x21 number of attributes: 6 "XV_COLORKEY" (range 0 to 16777215) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is 2110) "XV_BRIGHTNESS" (range -128 to 127) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is 0) "XV_CONTRAST" (range 0 to 255) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is 128) "XV_SATURATION" (range 0 to 255) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is 128) "XV_HUE" (range -180 to 180) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is 0) "XV_VERTICAL_INTERPOLATION" (range 0 to 1) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is 0) maximum XvImage size: 1024 x 1024 Number of image formats: 6 id: 0x32595559 (YUY2) guid: 59555932-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71 bits per pixel: 16 number of planes: 1 type: YUV (packed) id: 0x32315659 (YV12) guid: 59563132-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71 bits per pixel: 12 number of planes: 3 type: YUV (planar) id: 0x30323449 (I420) guid: 49343230-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71 bits per pixel: 12 number of planes: 3 type: YUV (planar) id: 0x35315652 (RV15) guid: 52563135-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 bits per pixel: 16 number of planes: 1 type: RGB (packed) depth: 15 red, green, blue masks: 0x1f, 0x3e0, 0x7c00 id: 0x36315652 (RV16) guid: 52563136-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 bits per pixel: 16 number of planes: 1 type: RGB (packed) depth: 16 red, green, blue masks: 0x1f, 0x7e0, 0xf800 id: 0x31313259 (Y211) guid: 59323131-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71 bits per pixel: 6 number of planes: 3 type: YUV (packed) mwangi@mwangi-desktop:~$
How then Do i Increase the resolution?. . clearly I need to edit something. . .
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:35 PM, brian Rioba <rriobs@gmail.com> wrote:
Run xvinfo command and post the output
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
15 inches and refresh rate is 60hz
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Jamal Mohamed <jamal.worx@gmail.com> wrote:
How big is ur monitor and what's the refresh rate.
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
Got it and installed it but doesnt give me any other option above 800 x 600 though I know for a fact that it can do 1024 x 768 on windows.
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Jamal Mohamed <jamal.worx@gmail.com> wrote: > Try getting an app in gnome called grandr or console based called > xrandr.That will help you get the right resolution > > On 10/1/09, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi People, >> >> Ave installed Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 on my pc but cant get >> the >> resolution higher than 800 x 600 . . .Googling shows that its a >> common >> problem but their solutions are Greek to me and dont seem to >> work. . >> .. my xorg.conf file doesnt show much to edit and I think I have >> installed all the packages that concern my graphics device(S3 >> Prosavage ddr) >> >> Anyone have a work around? >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Mark Mwangi >> >> http://mwangy.wordpress.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> Other lists >> ------------- >> Announce: >> >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce >> Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science >> kazi: >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general >> > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Announce: > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general >
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