Help Adding Resolutions

[murphyjones11]

Hi Folks,

I've recently rehabbed a Dell Latitude c600, and installed Ubuntu 8.1. The max resoltion I can select from the "Screen Resolution" utility is 800x600. I've searched high and low for various solutions, but I haven't been able get anything to work.

I've tried editting the xorg.conf file.

Here is my current xorg.conf file...
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 28-70
VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

FYI, if it isn't obvious I'm a newbie...
-Josh

[jayd512]

Hello and Welcome!

What graphics card do you have? Open a terminal and execute

lspci -nn | grep VGA

Post the output here.

[murphyjones11]

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x [1002:4c46] (rev 02)

[jayd512]

You'll need to install the proper drivers for your video card. Open Synaptic (somewhere in your menu) and look for Hardware Drivers. If you see one for an ATI card, select that.

[murphyjones11]

Thanks for the speedy responses!!!

I ran the Synaptic Package Manager. I found something, but I'm not sure what it means and not sure what to do with it...

I attached a screenshot.

Thanks,
Josh