Need Driver for Planar Analog Monitor

For analog monitors, the computer cannot communicate directly with the monitor itself* -- there is no driver required.

The problem is with your video card -- not your monitor driver.

Can you provide the output of (in a terminal, Ctrl+Alt+T, or from applications menu)

uname -a
lsb_release -a
sudo lspci
sudo lsmod

This will produce quite a large amount of output -- please paste it to pastebin.ubuntu.com, then submit the link here.

* I mean bi-directional communication.

I couldn't get the output of most of these commands but I do know the Graphics Controller.

e898-e89f Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller

Now how do I get and install this controller?

you might want to try opening a terminal (again, under Applications menu, Accessories, Terminal) and typing:

sudo apt-get install xresprobe

It'll ask for the root password, but just use your own log in password. After it installs, type:

sudo xresprobe any

and see what it gives you.

    Otherwise, it's just a guessing game as to what your monitor is. Is it maybe this one:

http://www.planar.com/products/flatpanel_monitors/pl1700/

     Even if it is, not all the capabilities are listed for it. I think you will end up creating an xorg.conf file to get the best performance, which isn't that hard to do, but you'll need all the specs.

Larry, I tried the xresprobe command and was told no such command.

As I was told earlier, the problem is the Video card.

Thanks for your response.

Gary

Its a problem with instructing the card to emit the right resolution. Apparently this device is supported by the xserver-xorg-video-intel driver. Make sure you have the latest version installed.

There is a detailed description of how to alter the res for this particular card here; its a bit of an annoying process though:
https://mohsinhijazee.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/ubuntu-karmic-and-intel-82915ggv910gl-integrated-graphics-controller/