configure laptop monitor

peterfc · 09-30-2006, 06:08 PM

Hi All

I run suse 10.1 on a dell inspiron laptop with pentium 4, 512 ram, 40gb hard drive. With suse i had to go into yast and configure the monitor. I can't find where to configure the monitor on Ubuntu. At present i only get a small screen in the middle of the monitor the resulution is about 600 400. Sorry if i have left out something

comprookie2000 · 09-30-2006, 06:29 PM

Post your laptop model and these 3 sections from /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Code:

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "ShadowFB"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "VGAClocks"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "KGAUniversal"       	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "nvidia"
	VendorName  "Unknown Vendor"
	BoardName   "Unknown Board"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth 24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

vtel57 · 09-30-2006, 07:16 PM

If you want to do it using GUI, just go to the Ubuntu button (Main menu) --> System --> Preferences --> Screen Resolution.

Luck!