Thank you all for your attention. You can see, no doubt, what a sheltered life I have led.
The video card I am using is an Model: RADEON 9250. Chipset RADEON 9200 Series AGP (0x5960). It has a DVI port! I'll connect that to see what happens . . . and will let you know in just a little while. Dave W On Sat, 2008-07-05 at 09:08 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The Samsung SyncMaster 205BW has a native resolution of 1680 x 1050 > pixels > > It has both Analogue and DVI ports. > > Modern graphics cards have both Analogue and DVI ports. > > If using DVI ports, all adjustments to the monitor are automatic via > the graphics card driver. > > If using Analogue ports, monitor adjustments are made by the user. > > If there is no graphics card but only a motherboard-integrated > graphics chip, a separate driver may be needed depending on the make > of motherboard. Most of these are now installed by default in Hardy > Heron (eg xserver-xorg-video-intel). > > > > > > 2008/7/5 Null Ack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/7/4 The Wassermans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 21:38 +1000, Null Ack wrote: > >> Are you running your monitor at its native resolution in > Ubuntu? > > > > Sorry Null, I have a jargon problem. What does "native" > resolution > > mean in this context? > > > > The GUI offers a selection of from 1680x1050 to 720x400. > Upon > > installation Ubuntu defaulted to 1680x1050. That's what I'm > using. > > > > Regards > > Dave W > > > > > > > Dave, LCD monitors have a "native" resolution that works well. > Unlike > a CRT, when other non native resolutions are displayed on the > monitor, > the pixels have to be lit in a way that causes the sharpness > to drop > due to the way that LCD works. The first place I would explore > with > this is to identify the native resolution of your particular > LCD and > ensure you are using that before looking at other causes. > > Cheers > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
