Installer does not probe correctly for possible resolutions.

[Kristoffer Lundén]

Both when running live and after install/reboot using the beta Live-CD on my 16:9 laptop, I get a desktop in 1024x768, and only other choices are 800x600 and 640x480. But dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg finds the correct resolution (1440x900), sets it as default and the default nv driver handles it just fine.

I understand trying to play it safe, but why isn't it at least an allowed resolution to try after install? A beginner user can't be expected to know that kind of command either, and the desktop looks positively messed up in anything but the right size.

[Jerome S. Gotangco (jsgotangco)]

It is usually caused by the autoconfiguration script not giving the correct result. If you can give exact details on your setup, as well as results from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingXAutoconfiguration, we could at least know how to make it much better.

[Kristoffer Lundén (kristoffer-lunden)]

Well, it's a laptop, Fujitsu Siemens Ammilo 3438G. It has a Nvidia GeForce Go 6800 card built in, PCI Express. The screen is 17" or thereabouts, widescreen, and it wants 1440x900 as resolution.

What from that page is up-to-date information, and which of it do you need? Do I really have to exit all, stop GDM and run a reconfigure? From what I remember, a full reconfigure usually asks questions I can't answer... so I have to abort. However, the -phigh one has already found the correct solution, so maybe I can just attach output from those commands?

I'll do it, just tell me what is important and how.

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

Please follow the procedure as requested.

Fabio

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