Graphic Woess!!!

[JimPostier]

I am running Ubuntu 8.10 on an Intel Core 2 Duo Precessor.
The board is a Intel DQ35J0.
It has the Inestl Q35 Express chipset, Intel GMA 31000 and dual independent distplay.
I have 4 Gig of ram in this machine with 200 gig of available disk space.
I am running a2 monitors a dell 20" and a envisioin 22" both displays operate at 1680 X 1050 optimally. My problem is, I can get it in these video modes but each time I restart the computer I have to fiddle with resoloution settings to get it to stick. When I restart it defaults back out of it again. I have no 2D or 3D settings and cannot change it to even normal on visual effects. I have the proper driver loaded for it and intel I think, am new to ubuntu, how can I get it to recoginize the display for like higher end games and video?

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome 1

X Server ( GUI ) uses xorg.conf file for all display related configurations. In case xorg.conf file is empty or has minimal configuration values, hal tries to detect and configure everything. hal doesn't configure everything correctly sometimes.

Post the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file here.

[JimPostier]

# 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.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# 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 "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 3360 1050
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

[devils casper]

Press Alt+F2 and type this

gksu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

It will open xorg.conf file in Gedit with root privileges.
Add Driver "i810" in Video Device section.

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver    "i810"
EndSection

Save file and reboot machine. In case it doesn't work, replace "i810" with "vesa".