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Display problem ubuntu 8.10 on PCG-fx880k Vaio laptop

Asked by ldm

I'm an absolute linux beginner. I inherited a Vaio PCG-fx880k (256GB of RAM, Pentium III 844,6MHz)

My problem is that while the Vaio 14.1' screen should support a maximum resolution of 1024x768, Xubuntu only displays in max. 800x600 on roughly half of the screen (i.e. I have a very large black frame of unused screen space around my desktop and in the display prefs, I can only choose between 'default', 800x600 and 640x480).

What should I do ?

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Try to use displayconfig-gtk: Simple gtk tool to change xserver settings like graphics card driver or monitor.

-- Please open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type or better copy and paste:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install displayconfig-gtk

-- give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Then to configure your monitor resolution:

sudo displayconfig-gtk

then try to select and configure your monitor from the list or try to define your monitor by putting the inf file take from xp driver cd or floppy or from the net

Reboot your pc.

Then go to menu System->Preferences->Screen resolution to try to get high screen resolution setup

hope this helps

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ldm (ldmorselli) said : 		#2

I had a few difficulties (when I managed to install the driver (Intel i815) that was supposed to match my hardware, but was not automatically detected, it caused xubuntu to log off each time it finished loading the system), but eventually (after I reinstalled xubuntu, and this time didn't add the driver, but selected another type of screen in the monitors' list), it worked.

Thanks !

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ldm (ldmorselli) said : 		#3

Thanks marcobra, that solved my question.