Live CD unusable with HP Pavillion desktop due to screen resolution
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
xorg (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The spec of the PC is
HP Pavillion t3510-uk desktop
Processor Intel Pentium D, memory 1GB
Graphics ATI Radeon Express 200 (integrated)
Monitor HP vs17s flat screen
Live i386 CD for 6.06 LTS used
With option Start/Install the result is a Gnome desktop at 640x480 resolution and this is the only option in System > Preferences > Screen Resolution. Both Install and Gparted options are unusable at this resolution because the dialogs do not fit the screen and cannot be resized.
With the option Safe Graphics Start/ Install the monitor displays a message asking for 1280x1024 @ 60Hz and cannot display the desktop.
Work around was to use the Gparted live CD which allows for screen resolution and video driver selection followed by an install from the Alternate Install CD. Even then manual X configuration was required to get a range of usable values in System > Preferences > Screen Resolution.
Changed in xorg: | |
assignee: | brian-murray → nobody |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | Needs Info → Confirmed |
assigning to xorg as per
> With option Start/Install the result is a Gnome desktop at 640x480 resolution