No Screen Resolutions can be adjusted on Dell 1721

[A. Riiber]

Binary package hint: xorg

Booting the Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 4 live CD using default choices causes the screen resolution to be 1600x1200, while the ATI Radeon X1270 card and Dell LCD monitor supports 1920x1200.
This should be fixed so Ubuntu comes up in the best available resolution (1920x1200).

When starting System -> Preferences -> Screen Resolution, there are no resolution to adjust.
This should be fixed so the screen resolutions can be adjusted.

The reason for the problems might be the xorg.conf file detected at boot (minimal).
A workaround trying to install the ATI driver in order to adjust the resolution, failed because aticonfig complained about missing entries in xorg.conf.

System info: Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 4

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu hardy (development branch)"

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ glxinfo | grep OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.3)
OpenGL extensions:

[A. Riiber (ariiber)]

I am happy to announce that with the Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Alpha 4:
* from the live CD I finally managed to install the ATI restricted driver to
get 1920x1200 (had to edit xorg.conf).
* from the live CD, by doing "Update" the resolution went up to 1920x1200,
with no extra driver installed. The resolution was also adjustable as it
should be.

This looks promising for the next live CD release.

-Arne-

On Tue, Feb 5, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Timo Aaltonen <email address hidden> wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 178061 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178061
>
> ** Changed in: displayconfig-gtk (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: xorg => displayconfig-gtk
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 178061
> *** Error: couldn't find any ServerLayout sections
>
> --
> No Screen Resolutions can be adjusted on Dell 1721
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189051
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in Source Package "displayconfig-gtk" in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xorg
>
> Booting the Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 4 live CD using default choices causes the
> screen resolution to be 1600x1200, while the ATI Radeon X1270 card and Dell
> LCD monitor supports 1920x1200.
> This should be fixed so Ubuntu comes up in the best available resolution
> (1920x1200).
>
> When starting System -> Preferences -> Screen Resolution, there are no
> resolution to adjust.
> This should be fixed so the screen resolutions can be adjusted.
>
> The reason for the problems might be the xorg.conf file detected at boot
> (minimal).
> A workaround trying to install the ATI driver in order to adjust the
> resolution, failed because aticonfig complained about missing entries in
> xorg.conf.
>
>
> System info: Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 4
>
> ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
> DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
> DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
> DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
> DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu hardy (development branch)"
>
> ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ glxinfo | grep OpenGL
> OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
> OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
> OpenGL version string: 1.4 (2.1 Mesa 7.0.3)
> OpenGL extensions:
>