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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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might be the same bug that affects fedora 11? 2009/10/1 brian Rioba <rriobs@gmail.com>
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
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@Mark, Could try hitting the detect monitor button under system/preferences/display ? My "xvinfo" output clearly shows the maximum image size supported:1920 x 1088 bernard@ubuntu:~$ xvinfo X-Video Extension version 2.2 screen #0 Adaptor #0: "Intel(R) Video Overlay" number of ports: 1 port base: 64 operations supported: PutImage supported visuals: depth 24, visualID 0x21 number of attributes: 6 "XV_COLORKEY" (range 0 to 16777215) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is 66046) "XV_BRIGHTNESS" (range -128 to 127) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is -19) "XV_CONTRAST" (range 0 to 255) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is 75) "XV_SATURATION" (range 0 to 1023) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is 146) "XV_DOUBLE_BUFFER" (range 0 to 1) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is 1) "XV_PIPE" (range -1 to 1) client settable attribute client gettable attribute (current value is -1) maximum XvImage size: 1920 x 1088 Number of image formats: 5 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: 0x59565955 (UYVY) guid: 55595659-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71 bits per pixel: 16 number of planes: 1 type: YUV (packed) id: 0x434d5658 (XVMC) guid: 58564d43-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71 bits per pixel: 12 number of planes: 3 type: YUV (planar) ./bernard On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
might be the same bug that affects fedora 11?
2009/10/1 brian Rioba <rriobs@gmail.com>
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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run the comand and mine tells me maximum is 1024 x 1024. .. . 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) So what Do i do? 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
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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?
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Hi, On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
How then Do i Increase the resolution?. . clearly I need to edit something. . . Nowadays, xrandr does the job. xorg.conf is not needed... :( I know.. I was lost too. what you need is xrandr to set the resolution and cvt to generate a mode if doesn't exist on xrandr For starters, try the manual for xrandr and cvt, then read this https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution if you are still lost, please paste your xrandr output..
Hi Mwangi, am using gnome so grandr works for me. . . here is my xrandar output. . . mwangi@mwangi-desktop:~$ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 800 x 600, maximum 800 x 600 default connected 800x600+0+0 0mm x 0mm 800x600 60.0* 56.0 640x480 60.0 400x300 60.0 56.0 320x240 60.0 says maximum is 800 x 600 while xvinfo says max is 1024 x 1024. . . I believe xvinfo more. . . On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Lmwangi <lmwangi@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
How then Do i Increase the resolution?. . clearly I need to edit something. . . Nowadays, xrandr does the job. xorg.conf is not needed... :( I know.. I was lost too. what you need is xrandr to set the resolution and cvt to generate a mode if doesn't exist on xrandr For starters, try the manual for xrandr and cvt, then read this https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution if you are still lost, please paste your xrandr output..
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Hi Mark, On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Mwangi, am using gnome so grandr works for me. . . here is my xrandar output. . .
mwangi@mwangi-desktop:~$ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 800 x 600, maximum 800 x 600 default connected 800x600+0+0 0mm x 0mm 800x600 60.0* 56.0 640x480 60.0 400x300 60.0 56.0 320x240 60.0
So your screen is "default". And this screen has a max resolution of 800x600. What you need to do is use cvt to generate a valid mode, import this mode into xrandr for 'default' and activate it. An example: My vbox instance has the screen VBOX1 -- Get the current modes -- lmwangi@hyperion:~$xrandr Screen 0: minimum 64 x 64, current 800 x 600, maximum 32000 x 32000 VBOX1 connected 800x600+0+0 0mm x 0mm 800x600 60.0 + 60.3* 640x480 59.9 -- Generate a new mode -- lmwangi@hyperion:~$cvt 1280 800 # 1280x800 59.81 Hz (CVT 1.02MA) hsync: 49.70 kHz; pclk: 83.50 MHz Modeline "1280x800_60.00" 83.50 1280 1352 1480 1680 800 803 809 831 -hsync +vsync -- Add it to xrandr -- lmwangi@hyperion:~$xrandr --newmode "1280x800_60.00" 83.50 1280 1352 1480 1680 800 803 809 831 -hsync +vsync lmwangi@hyperion:~$xrandr Screen 0: minimum 64 x 64, current 800 x 600, maximum 32000 x 32000 VBOX1 connected 800x600+0+0 0mm x 0mm 800x600 60.0 + 60.3* 640x480 59.9 1280x800_60.00 (0x4a) 83.5MHz h: width 1280 start 1352 end 1480 total 1680 skew 0 clock 49.7KHz v: height 800 start 803 end 809 total 831 clock 59.8Hz -- Add it to the screen -- lmwangi@hyperion:~$xrandr --addmode VBOX1 1280x800_60.00 -- Activate -- regards, laban
How about the system/preference/display option? See attachment ./bernard On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
sorry didn't post the whole of it. . . .
mwangi@mwangi-desktop:~$ 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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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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@munene, try removing NetworkManager and install wicd, had the same problem a while back and wicd works well for me. On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
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.
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> > 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 > > > > > > -- > 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
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Hi, On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
did everything till I got to the activate part. . it then says
xrandr: Configure crtc 0 failed
Hmmm.. trying google. http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1043876.html http://lists.opensuse.org/radeonhd/2008-09/msg00127.html So, maybe there's a bug with xrandr or the driver for the display. Try refer to output from lspci -k and lsmod to figure out which driver is loaded for the display and whether it's the right one. Let's assume that xrandr is OK for now...
Got the resolution thing sorted once I got a new ATi 9500 graphics card. . .Thanks yall for the help. . . . On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Lmwangi <lmwangi@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
did everything till I got to the activate part. . it then says
xrandr: Configure crtc 0 failed
Hmmm.. trying google. http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1043876.html http://lists.opensuse.org/radeonhd/2008-09/msg00127.html So, maybe there's a bug with xrandr or the driver for the display. Try refer to output from lspci -k and lsmod to figure out which driver is loaded for the display and whether it's the right one. Let's assume that xrandr is OK for now...
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hi mwangi,i have the same problem but its not a big deal.i have a bigger problem i installed ubuntu jaunty, Jackalope 9.04 on toshiba satellite,the problem is the wireless connects and after 5min it disconnects,help please. Jacques Munene On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 5:42 PM, 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
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@ munene. . think its coz the toshiba uses intel wireless card. . . read somewhere that they have issues. . . try googling the problem though. . .ama search in the repositories for updated packages. . . . On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 11:21 AM, jacques munene <mnjacques@gmail.com> wrote:
hi mwangi,i have the same problem but its not a big deal.i have a bigger problem i installed ubuntu jaunty, Jackalope 9.04 on toshiba satellite,the problem is the wireless connects and after 5min it disconnects,help please. Jacques Munene
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 5:42 PM, 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
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