[Novalug] Ubuntu Jaunty problem with screen resolution on old Compaq laptop

[Igor Birman]

Have you tried any other LiveCDs with it, Knoppix or DSL to see if they handle the resolution better?

Igor



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From: Bonnie Dalzell <bdalzell at qis.net>
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Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 10:55:15 AM
Subject: [Novalug] Ubuntu Jaunty problem with screen resolution on old Compaq laptop


I have an old Compaq Presario 1800T Laptop that I want to give to a friend who is a teacher to use since she can't afford to buy a laptop and I am not using it.

Here are its details - upgraded the memory and hard drive:
Processor manufacturer:      Intel
Processor model:     Mobile Pentium III
Clock speed:     1 GHz
RAM installed:     256 MB
Hard drive size:     50 GB
Graphics processor:     ATi Rage Mobility M128
Graphics RAM:     8 MB
Display diagonal size:     15 in
Display   Display technology:      color TFT
Maximum resolution:     1024x768 pixels
Dimensions (W x H x D):     26x3.25x30 cm
Weight:     3.54 kg




I tried putting Ubuntu Jaunty on it and I am having problems with the display.

When the flash screen comes up and Jaunty is loading the display is fine and appears to be 1024 x 768.

With the original install where I had not done anything to the display manager the display is 800 by 600 and there are no options for anything else in System>Preferences>ScreenResolution.

Also the display has a defect - a vertical line that appears to be a repeat of the pixels on the right side of the screen. This line is approximately 1/3 of the width of the screen in from the right.

I have done a lot of searching on the internet and have tried a couple of things that have not worked.


dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg does not give you any display options in jaunty.

any suggestions?

my next step is to try to install a previous version of ubuntu such as intrepid. however it disturbs me that Canonical seems to have removed the ability to tweak the display in Jaunty. I am afraid that this could mean that Ubuntu could be excluded from older computers in the future.



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