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On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 17:51 +0100, Martin Gautier wrote: > On 11/06/12 17:11, Eion MacDonald wrote: > > The monitor is not within the Ubuntu system for auto recognition so > > downgrades the screen to a low (safe) resolution.. > > I have had this often with Ubuntu live discs. > > > > There is a considerable amount of stuff on how to alter resolution in > > command lie on Ubuntu forum (I think) (Not at present using Ubuntu) > > > > On 11/06/12 14:24, raymond.knowles@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> Hi All, > >> > >> I'm having some grief with screen resolution. > >> > >> Running 3 machines (Win ME, Win XP and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS > >> into > >> a KVM switch, driving a Samsung SyncMaster E1920 LCD > >> monitor. > >> Both Windows machines power up the display in the > >> desired > >> size of 1280 x 1024, whereas the Ubuntu machine > >> can only manage > >> 800 x 600. Previously the system worked at > >> 1280 x 1024 on all 3 > >> machines, using a Dell monitor (model > >> unknown). > >> > >> Have any members experienced a similar problem > >> before, and how did > >> they get round it ? > >> > >> Over to you! > >> > >> > >> Regards etc, > >> Ray. > >> > Ray > > I feel your pain. > > I have a Samsung SyncMaster 730MW as a secondary monitor and have tried > off and one for about 18 months to get the advertised resolution. I > still haven't quite got it right and the acreage Linux gives me is > bigger than the monitor so my windows appear slightly off-screen when > launched or dragged across from my Primary (LG Flatron - very good). > > Sorry. I've nothing else to offer. :( > > Martin > I have a Sync master on Fedora 12 I remember having to ditch the "recommended driver" and install nvidia so from the xorg.conf more /etc/X11/xorg.conf # RPM Fusion - nvidia-xorg.conf # Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nvidia" EndSection gives me res of 1680 x 1050 @ 16.7 million colors -- Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) Skype minions_shop www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk FaceBook Minions_shop Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq