Screen Size

Dirty_Ink · 05-04-2005, 06:00 PM

I ran the Live Ubuntu CD on my Dell insperon 8200 everything was fine untill, i got the the desktop, the screen resolution said 800x600 or whatever, but the actual size of the screen was about five inches with nothing but black all the way out to the end of the screen. When i tried to change the screen resolution, it just got smaller not bigger.

itsjustme · 05-04-2005, 07:30 PM

Post the screen and monitor portions of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.

I had linux on a Dell Inspiron 8200 once. Had to edit the horizontal and vertical refresh rates to get the default 1400x1050 resolution.

HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0
VertRefresh 59.0 - 75.0

Dirty_Ink · 05-04-2005, 07:59 PM

You, are not going to believe this, but I downloaded, Kubuntu, and it worked, perfectly, (except for the ethernet card) so I think I'll probably install Kubuntu then, Thanx for replying, I really apreciate it.

eNightmare · 05-04-2005, 09:33 PM

you may try running xorgconfig and answer the questions correctly. This is probably the most accurate way of setting your display configuration short of building the entire xorg.conf from scratch.