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I just installed Ubuntu on my Toshiba Portege 3500. I can't get it to display at more than 800x600, which sucks because in Windows on the same machine I can get 1024x768. I found a webpage that said my CyberBlade video card works with xorg's trident driver, so I edited my xorg.conf file to use that one. Nothing changed. Am I missing some step required to update xorg? Oh, and I did restart the computer since I changed it, so it's not that.
Can you post the bottom portion of your xorg.conf? Start at "Section "Device"" to the end of the file please.
There are several lines that say Section "Device", so here is the entire file except for a large comment block at the beginning:
Code:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "trident"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Driver "trident"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection
Execute this
Reconfigure display settings. Select supported Resolutions ( modes ), trident Video Driver and Depth 16.Code:sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Press Alt+Ctrl+Backspace to restart X Server or Reboot machine.
In case it doesn't work, execute this
Post output here.Code:sudo lspci | grep VGA
dpkg-reconfigure just asked me various questions about my keyboard (which was and still is working properly) and nothing to do with my video card or display. No surprise, therefore, that it didn't fix the problem, even after I restarted.
The other gave this output:
Code:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade XPAi1 (rev 82)
Thats strange. That command configure everything including KeyBoard, Mouse, Monitor and Video Card.Quote:
dpkg-reconfigure just asked me various questions about my keyboard (which was and still is working properly) and nothing to do with my video card or display.
Which version of Ubuntu are you using?
Post the output of this
Could you post all the contents of xorg.conf file or attach it here ?Code:cat /etc/lsb-release
I already posted almost all of my xorg.conf file, here is the whole thing:Code:DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu hardy (development branch)"
Code:# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Option "UseFBDev" "true"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection
You are using Testing Branch of Ubuntu and this release tries to reconfigure Display settings itself. There are a few problem that are yet to be fixed.
Edit three Sections in xorg.conf.
These sections:Code:sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Code:Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "trident"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-71
VertRefresh 50-100
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
So that's what "Development Branch" means! I just chose the most recent release available, on the theory that it was probably the best.
I made your changes to the xorg file and restarted the computer. First I got a black screen with a mouse shaped like an X and a message saying that it had gone into "Low graphics mode" or something. Than, that disappeared and I got a command line. Then, before I could do anything there, that disappeared also and I got the normal login screen. It doesn't look like a low graphics mode to me; but I still can't make the screen bigger than 800x600.
It makes me consider starting over again and installing a non-beta operating system.
Its a Developement branch and should not be installed in Production machine or for regular use. I would suggest you try Ubuntu 7.10 ( Gutsy ).Quote:
So that's what "Development Branch" means! I just chose the most recent release available, on the theory that it was probably the best
Try this
Open xorg.conf file again and set Driver "vesa" instead of "trident". vesa is a generic driver and works fine with most of Graphics Cards.