installed ubuntu 8.01 on my toshiba 4600 satelite but screen resolution cannot be increased beyond 800X600

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. If you are introuble due low resolution to push hidden botton out of the screen visual try to press
the ALT key on keyboard and drag the working windows to get access to buttons.

Reboot your pc.

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

If this solves you problem, please mark as Solved.

hope this helps

Thank you very much for your help. The above instructions resolved the problem.

Cheers
Randolph

Hello

displayconfig-gtk seems no longer available.

the only way for me to put the 4600 display to work was to edit xorg.conf and add the two lines below to the section "Monitor"

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Configured Monitor"
 HorizSync 28-72
 VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection

that solved the issue.

Forgot to tell, under intrepid 8.10...

Thnx Antonio!! It worked like a charm

I Have to add that I own an old Laptop "Toshiba Satellite: A20-S259" to be specific
and I had to force the maximum best display resolution for this Laptop to "1024x768"

for those interested, Just add the following subSection inside your section "Screen"

SubSection "Display"
 Depth 24
 Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection

hope this helps some one else.
best regards, Felipe

Great, that's the spirit, Felipe, if we all give our contribution, what we praise will move forward...

THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!!! I've been suffering with a smaller screen thinking it was because of my ACPI failure. Finally I searched again and found your post. It worked! I'm so glad to have a FULL SCREEN BACK!

Have anyone solved this for Ubuntu 9.10. Seem like bout xorg.conf and displayconfig-gtk is missing.

Hi
Well, I can give it a try on my test laptop , what I will do is create xorg.conf anyway if it does not exist. Will do it on monday.
Cheers
Antonio

if xorg.conf is missing try
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

The problem, Felipe is that what you suggest will probably reset defaults and render image small again. I am at the moment installing karmic on a Toshiba Pro 4600, two hours to go... I did already a karmic upgrade on a sis671 64-bit machine containing the modified sis671 driver for 9.04, and I have it working flawlessly with the old xorg.conf .

my bad, I wasn't able to determine pretty much from, (Morten Brekk), post. It seamed the missing xorg.conf was the mayor problem on (Mortens, Ubuntu 9.10), I'm glad you found a solution to this post.

To keep a post helpful for the community, I would suggest, Morten Brekk, to rewrite question with more details before the solution becomes final.

Best regards
Felipe.

Hi again

I confirm that the same fix valid for 8.10 applies to 9.04 and 9.10.

here is the xorg.conf of the working 4600:

#**************************
Section "Device"
 Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Configured Monitor"
 HorizSync 28-72
 VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Monitor "Configured Monitor"
 Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

#**************************

just create a file with that content (#*** nt necessary, of course), leave a blank line at the end and save as /etc/X11/xorg.conf, then reboot. It should work, there is no driver to install...

Cheers

Antonio

Thanks Antonio

The xorg.conf file works just fine. Problem solved and laptop display now supports 1024x768

To Felipe: I shall try to be more detailed next time, but hopefully there will not be any next time :-)

Regards
Morten

That's good to hear. However, never say never...we all need some help from time to time...Maybe next time you will help us, that's the trick :-)

All the best
Antonio

It works perfect on the Ubuntu 9.10 Toshiba A20-S259