Ubuntu :: Wide Screen Support Vague?
Mar 23, 2011
I'm a windows to linux convert and found ubuntu to be a very friendly system to work with. So far i have been testing different distros and all of them are ubuntu based (linux mint, ubuntu puppy, xubuntu, ubuntu) but as I test them all out, i find something peculiar
I have a wide screen monitor and even the latest driver of s3 pro savage ddr does not even support wide screen on windows. i have tested ubuntu and xubuntu as well as linux mint, all of which dont have wide screen drivers. other forums and question sites say it might be unsupported by the hardware. but when it came to the ubuntu puppy, i found that it had wide screen support. how could this be? is there a generic driver for it? i am totally sure it's wide screen. the circles are circles and not ovals.
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Aug 4, 2009
I am using Linux 2.6.29-020629-generic #020629 SMP Tue Mar 24 12:03:21 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux ubuntu.
I have a widescreen lcd laptop and the current resolution is set at 1280x768 pls see output of xrandr here for more information [url]
I want to change the resolution to 1024x768. I can do in ubuntu' display tool. The problem is that once I change it, the output does not take up the whole screen it has blank spots on the left and right side
For a better understanding please have a look at [url] and [url]
In open suse the system sets it at 1024x768 without any blanks on the left and right corner. You can have a look at it here [url].
My current xorg.conf is details is at [url].
Please also find my xorg.0.log at [url]
The lcd does not have any controls to tweak.
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Here is an image of the screen:
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