On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Michael Haney <thezo...@gmail.com> wrote: > It was decided to let X.org auto-detect video hardware starting with > Ubuntu 7.10. Unfortunately, the auto-detection procedure does not > always work correctly. Some monitors are not Plug & Play, which is > needed for this to work properly. The resulting problem that occurs > is one which I have had and struggled with for some time, which > eventually forced me to make a switch to different Linux distribution > just to correct the issue. Getting Ubuntu to detect the correct video > card and getting the video card to work is not the problem. Detection > of the monitor hardware and no longer being able to manually change > those settings is what is the problem.
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution -- in particular, see 4.2 -- Mackenzie Morgan http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com apt-get moo -- Ubuntu-qa mailing list Ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-qa
