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Comment 1 for bug 220491

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Ola (erik-o-engstrom) wrote :

I have the same problem with a Compaq Deskpro using an ATI 3D Rage card when doing dual install w. WindowsXP.
Maximum resolution w. no tinkering in xorg.conf gives a maximum resolution of 800*600. Monitor is a Packard Bell A927 - It should be detected correctly or ??
The monitor section of xorg.conf looks like:
Section "Monitor"
       Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
The monitor is using horisontal and vertical scanning frequencies of 30-95 kHz /50-102 Hz.
Adding this information by hand makes the monitor behave as expected.
As I'm - on a small scale - promoting Ubuntu as a replacement for older versions of MS Windows on older hardware As Jo and Johan User can't be expected to tinker w. xorg.conf this undetection of older hardware worries me.

Running a live CD of 8.04 on a newer machine using a Samtron 94 monitor gives exactly the same problem - the screen is not correctly detected.