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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 2:57 pm
by Bryan
Well, I hope you have a fast connection, because the easiest way to get around this is to download the text-based installer. To do this, go to
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download and check the "alternate cd" checkbox. What this will do is give you an image that does not include the live CD or GUI installer.
Once you get it installed, let me know and we can work on getting your resolution higher than 640x480.

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 3:02 pm
by guitarlvr
I'm downloading the alternate iso now. I will let you know once i have it installed. Thanks a lot.
Wayne
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 10:55 am
by guitarlvr
I was able to get it installed and I'm now at my desktop. (yay!) 640x480 is still the only resolution i can use however.
Wayne
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 11:36 am
by Bryan
What video card/monitor are you running?
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 11:45 am
by guitarlvr
Video card is the embedded video card on the MoBo and the monitor mondel is a Dell E173FP
Wayne
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:28 pm
by Bryan
Okay, open a terminal and type 'system-config-display'. This should bring up your Display Settings. Click on the Hardware tab, and select "Generic LCD Display > LCD Panel 1280x1024" from the list. Once you've done that, go back to the Settings tab, and select a higher resolution (I'd try 1024x768 first). Apply the changes, and restart your machine.
Let me know if it works... if it doesn't, we'll have to do some digging around in xorg.conf.

Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:42 pm
by guitarlvr
it says 'command not found'
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:50 pm
by Kieran Huggins
what model of motherboard it is? if your computer is a Dell, what's the service tag?
btw -
http://ubuntuforums.org might be a better resource than here, since we're primarily a PHP forum
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:53 pm
by guitarlvr
service tag: G5Z0431 not sure of MotherBoard
I tried posting this issue at the ubuntu forums and i had one reply with someone having the same issue.
Wayne
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 3:21 pm
by Kieran Huggins
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 3:52 pm
by guitarlvr
I searched everywhere on Dell for that thing you linked to there. Thank you very much for that. It looks like my dell has an Intel 845 chipset which i found an article that may fix my problem. It gives a solution that loads during startup for 8xx to 945 chipsets. I will give it a go and report back. Thanks very much!
Wayne
Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 4:38 pm
by guitarlvr
The fix didnt work. haha why did i think i would be so lucky. I downloaded the driver that you linked to but (in being new to ubuntu/linux) have no idea how to install it. Is there a guide to do that?
Wayne
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 2:17 pm
by guitarlvr
I found a thread on the ubuntu forums that I'd like to try. It has you edit your xorg.conf file. When i try to save it after editing, it says i do not have permission to save. Do I have to log in under a 'root' user or something in order to edit it?
Wayne
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 2:19 pm
by John Cartwright
Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 11:20 am
by guitarlvr
UPDATE: I gave up installing Ubuntu on the computer i was trying to install it on. Nothing i did seems to work. So i have decided to install it on my Thinkpad T60 and dual boot XP. I put the live CD in to see if the screen resolution would be any better and it was. I have multiple options for different resolutions that i usually use which is what i need. Thank you all very much for you help. Its greatly appreciated.
Wayne