Xorg does not detect the correct settings for old monitors at Ubuntu install

[pablo_g]

Xorg does not detect the correct settings for old monitors at Ubuntu install. The trick actually is to kill display manager, and change xorg.conf.

[pablo_g (pablogastonbodnar)]

If you try to install you can not, because you can not read screen, it is illegible.

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

You didn't say which version you are using. Try Hardy alpha2 livecd (or alpha3 which is released later this week), which doesn't force any monitor settings anymore. Attach the /var/log/Xorg.0.log from hardy.

[Pentti Mannonen (pentti-mannonen)]

Display was set to LCD instead of Nokia 446Xpro though it is recognized in startup. The display width had to be reduced to find the menu and continue to correct it.

[Pentti Mannonen (pentti-mannonen)]

Click the panel at down by pressing the right mouse button and set it vertical and you will find the menu and correct the display.

[jp (janpaulhoelzel)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

[Wayno (ichabod)]

http://pkill-9.com/wordpress/?p=325

Getting Ubuntu 10.04 Video/Audio to work with an Intel 82815 Chipset

The built in speakers on the compaq desktop pro, while they work with WIN XP, don’t work with Ubuntu 10.04. However, if you plugin a set of speakers or earphones into the sound output jack on the back (green) works perfectly.

After installing the LIVECD onto the Compaq Desktop Pro, when I rebooted, everything looked okay. I run the updates. Then rebooted AFTER the updates, and then ran into trouble.

Nothing I tried worked! Then I found the secret! You need to create at LEAST 2 admin accounts Before doing the updates. One that you will do the updates after installing the LIVECD, and one that you will use AFTER you do the updates.

Here’s what’s going on. After installing the LIVED CD the monitor resolution is set to 800×600.

However, after installing the updates, the resolution switches to 1024×760. So that account you did the updates with: worthless!

If you logon after the updates with the second account, your good to go. But you need the snippet from here

I created the following file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf RIGHT AFTER DOING THE UPDATES!

DO NOT TRY TO CHANGE THE RESOLUTION TO ANYTHING BUT 1024×768. IT JUST WON’T WORK!

#
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf
#
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Corporation 82815 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]"
Driver "intel"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection
#
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 31.5-48.5
VertRefresh 40-70
EndSection
#
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Intel Corporation 82815 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

If you hose the resolution you can try this.

xrandr --output LVDS --mode 1024x768