Ubuntu :: Resolution Won't Go Higher Than 640x480 With A TV
May 24, 2010Resolution won't go higher than 640x480 with a TV
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View 1 RepliesMy Ubuntu can not go any higher then 640x480. I have found out what the problem is. The monitor has broken down (firmware or some thing) but still works fine in Windows. How do i know this ? Well a few mouths ago i was on Windows Me and one day it booted up saying that it is installing a default driver for the screen , so i let it do and after it did that it would never use the VA702 driver. Also the resolution could get higher then 1280x1024(this is the screens biggest res). A other mouth later i installed Windows XP and when using it i tried to install the VA702 driver but it did not work so i had to manually install it which worked but did not get correct resolutions e.g. could go higher than the monitor is meant to go. Now in Ubuntu can't go higher then 640x480. How can i fix this ?
Screen : ViewSonic VA702
Graphics Card : Winfast My Vivo A170 Geforce 4 MX 440 AGP 4x 64MB DDR
Ubuntu:9.10
I have a FX 5200 and a 26" TV with VGA input which supports 1330x760. No problem with this in Windows, but in Ubuntu, as soon as I install nvidia drivers (175) resolution goes 640x480.
I've tried editing xorg.conf in several different ways, but resolution didn't change, maybe I was doing it the wrong way.
PD: 10.04 Lucid Lynx fresh install
I have just installed Ubuntu Server 10.04. With Version 8.04 I had no problem to change the resolution from 640x480 to 1440x900 (console, no GUI installed). With 10.04, it does not work, the only resolution that works is 640x480. I have tried the following:
Changed: GRUB_GFXMODE=1440x900
Result: Success, Grub comes up with 1440x900, but when booting, the resolution changes to 640x480
Changed: GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1440x900
Result: Booting -> blank screen > automatic reboot
Changed: GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
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I searched the archives and didn't find anything on this, and was just wondering if there is a problem if you load Ubuntu 9.1 and have a display that's higher than 1024x768. I'd prefer a machine with a higher res, but I've heard that Ubuntu will only go as high as 1024x768.I'm guessing, however, that by 9.1, it should recog the higher res while loading and it won't be a problem, but thought I'd check before shelling out on a machine with a nicer display.
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My XFile:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder62) Thu Jun 3 09:41:37 PDT 2010
# 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 .....
I have tried entering a CVT generated modeline to the xorg file but it did nothing.
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Just installed 5.3 into a VMWare image.
In System > Preferences > Screen Resolution I only get 640x480 option.
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I have a fujitsu siemens monitor C776 (built by Hansol E17CL)
FC12 can't autodetect it
If I go system -> preferences -> display the button: detect monitor does not work
I can't change resolution which is stopped at 640x480:
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lspci | grep -i vga
VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M890CE/K8N890CE [Chrome 9] (rev 01)
Here is the Xorg config file I have configured
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
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I've changed my operating system from Vista to Linux Ubuntu 10.10. Now I stand in front of the problem to change the screen resolution. The current resolution is 800x600.How can I change to a higher resolution?
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Why is the initial resolution so low?
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am just coming from a clean install of Lucid Server x64 on a desktop configuration. No problems really but for one.With no GUI installed -something I wish to remain as is- I am having difficulties browsing through bash due to low resolution. So the question is: "how can I go to a higher screen resolution?"
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I've tried Kubuntu, but I don't get any higher screen resolution than 640*480. The graphics adapter that seems to get me in trouble is an Intel based one.
I'm open to other OS'es that uses KDE -I just need to be able to use Kdenlive.
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View 3 Replies View RelatedI have a problem with the screen resolution in that most of the time it defaults to 800 x 600. However on occasions when I switch on the resolution increases however just today when it happened after typing in my password it refused to log me in.
Before anyone asks my password is in lower case and the NUMLOCK is off and I know I'm not mis-typing it.
here's the strange bit, when I reset the computer and the resolution goes back to 800 x 600 it then accepts my password. go figure!
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below is my xorg.conf file.
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Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
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I recently installed Ubuntu 10.04 in my computer, I ran update manager and installed all the actualization but and I can not set the screen resolution higher than 800x600; I have windows XP installed in another partition and the screen resolution can get to 1028x1024 at 85 hz. I have a Pentium 4, 2.20 ghz, 1gb ram, and the video card is a SiS (Silicone Integrated Systems) 300/305/630/540/730 32 Mb.
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