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webs05
wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 14:54
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Duplicate entry.
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tomko222
wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 16:59
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duplicate...
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Auto-recognition of native monitor resolution should be better, too: I'm using CIBOX C2201 with Radeon X1950 Pro - and even if my LCD is correctly recognized as LE2262, I get 4:3 resolution of 1400 x 1050 instead of 1680 x 1050 (that's happening even on current Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 5).
Problem disappears after installing proprietary drivers, but it shouldn't have occurred in first place even with open drivers.
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I'm having problems in the same area, but I don't have a multi-monitor configuration; I just plugged in a graphics card to override the one on my motherboard.
This area of Ubuntu *must* work better.
(lspci shows only one graphics card, but Ubuntu can no longer probe my monitor correctly, and the Ubuntu GUI's for configuring these things simply don't work for me anymore. At one point it even lost the fact that I had a UK keyboard! 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' works, though.)
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PS: ...so I don't think this is a duplicate; it's not about multi-head setups, just about the graphics card config programs.
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I have spent 3-4 days until I found in some forum post that Ubuntu can actually read Windows .inf file (driver) for monitor (which is usually provided with monitor) - and that is great, BUT it cant import .icc file with color information so now I have at least 20% weaker picture quality than in windows. The upper part of screen is darker than bottom part and I tried with many calibation tools to correct that (but with no succes). Monitor is 22" Viewsonic va2216w (not top-notch but still not garbage).
I believe that is not that hard to import .icc file with .inf file so users will have same picture quality as in windows.
Oh, and, ubuntu should NOTIFY the user when he is messing with monitor setup that he can import those settings from cd which he got for his monitor!
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Absolutely a must!
On a side note, (will be fixed with this too):
I have several CRTs (yes and I know why, LCDs are too expensive for the quality and size they provide) and they are all pretty much stuck at 60hz and my eyes are going through hell.
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Wiplash4
wrote on the 18 Mar 08 at 14:54
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The problem is the organisation of Administration and Preferences. Too many different tools doing the same.
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Wiplash4
wrote on the 24 Mar 08 at 12:15
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And do not forget the upcoming USB monitors! Cool, if they were supported out of the box!
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Jonnan
wrote on the 2 Apr 08 at 21:16
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Everytime I've changed my monitor, it has resulted in a few hours of pain. On good days, the pain resulted in my having the right resolution. Then there are the bad days - .
Frankly, I don't understand why. I'm not entirely sure why I should need to manually enter Vertical and horizontal synz when I put a new monitor on, but it seems like, having entered that and specific resolutions to allow, everything should work.
But it doesn't. One has to consistently fight it out on any monitor new enough to not be in the default listing. My most recent fight (hp w2207) finally got me the right (1680 x 1050 @ 60hz) resolution with the default drivers, but it will give me some ridiculous 1900 x something resolution when I use the ATI drivers. No ATI, no 3D, ATI, resolution will refuse to set @ 1680x1050.
This should not be this much work!
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dayhkr
wrote on the 23 May 08 at 11:52
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I have a lot of problems on my Toshiba laptop first when I type a username or password the letters inside the box is huge even though the rest of the GDM screen seems normal. To make it all worse I can't go in and change around the card/monitor settings to see if I can find an optimal setting.
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Yup.
The last 4-5 releases have been eccentric with regard to resolution and refresh rates.
Frankly, it's a nightmare trying to get the ones I desire - and various problems still persist (or get replaced by different issues.
Sad to say Windows trounces Ubuntu in this respect - it can be installed on virtually any brand new hardware with fully functioning 2D from any video card.
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And support partitions that are dual booted, real and virtual (under vmware).
I hate moving xorg.conf's each time I boot into vmware.
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borsook
wrote on the 25 Aug 08 at 10:47
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Yes this should be improved. A funny example - My monitor is on the list of monitor types in UBUNTU out of the box, but choosing it does not allow me to use half the modes the monitor supports, and I don't mean some strange resolutions. Why even add the support in if it's incomplete?
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heir4c
wrote on the 28 Oct 08 at 18:23
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To all: (my englisch is not so good, so I hope you people understand me)
Go in bios en switch 'Plug and Play O/S' to 'No' (or Off or Disabled)
So now the bios recognize de hardware and not the OS.
Now you can change de monitor, resolution and driver. and it stays that way in your xorg.conf
I hope it works for you as it works for me
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heir4c
wrote on the 28 Oct 08 at 18:23
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To all: (my englisch is not so good, so I hope you people understand me)
Go in bios en switch 'Plug and Play O/S' to 'No' (or Off or Disabled)
So now the bios recognize de hardware and not the OS.
Now you can change de monitor, resolution and driver. and it stays that way in your xorg.conf
I hope it works for you as it works for me
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hansihe
wrote on the 16 Dec 08 at 09:42
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This is my story:
It started with that i installed ubuntu 7,10.
After sucsess install i get a normal zised logon screen.
I put in my username and password, the screen blinks a few times and HUUUH.... The screen resolution had dropped from Ca 1000x800 to 800x400. I spend the next days tweaking xorg.conf and other files and finaly got it.
I was really really really proud of myself because this was one of the first times i had anything with linux.
A few days later i upgrade to 8.10 and whoola all my twekings reseted. I made the tweaks agen but no.
The new vesion of ubuntu didnt take the settings the same way...
Now i have given up.
And yes i have tryed envy or what it was.
Sorry for may bad english!
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Illusion
wrote on the 25 Jan 09 at 20:29
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Monitor support needs to be scrapped and started over anew, I just spent the last three days trying unsuccessfully to get an EMC 19-inch CRT monitor to work at a resolution higher than 640x480. You used to be able to select a monitor from a list at install. Now that's gone. It shouldn't be this hard just to change resolutions. You also shouldn't need root level privileges to do it. The same task takes 5 mouse clicks and about 15 seconds in Windows. If you want to take any market share from Microsoft, basic tasks like this need to be simple. I am going to load XP again. Will try Ubuntu again in a year or two. Sorry for the rant.
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