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Asked by Orrin McGill

I have a Dell Latitude C600 capable of 1024x768.
This laptop with Ubuntu 6.xx worked fine at 1024x768.
Because disk space I have recently removed Windows 2000 and Ubuntu 6.xx and from a clean install installed Ubuntu 8.10.
With the new install maximum is now 800x600.
I have tried changing the resolution, but I am only given two choices 800x600 and 640x480. I have visited the Dell website but they only offer drivers for REDHAT 7.0 and a Bios .exe file.

I have not tried using those files.

Do you have any ideas???

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Best Phillip.Ludlow (phillip-ludlow) said : 		#1

acording to the ubuntu pre-config list, ur laptop is supported, ( https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecommendedHardware ), however since ur experincing issues, my answer is this:

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/fix-for-video-problem-on-the-dell-latitude-c600c500.html

hope this helps.
-ludz

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Orrin McGill (orrin-mcgill) said : 		#2

Ludz,

Worked like breeze.

Thanks,

Orrin

On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 23:26 +0000, Phillip.Ludlow wrote:
> Your question #56239 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/56239
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Phillip.Ludlow proposed the following answer:
> acording to the ubuntu pre-config list, ur laptop is supported, (
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecommendedHardware ), however since
> ur experincing issues, my answer is this:
>
> http://www.ubuntugeek.com/fix-for-video-problem-on-the-dell-latitude-
> c600c500.html
>
> hope this helps.
> -ludz
>

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Orrin McGill (orrin-mcgill) said : 		#3

Ludz,

Although the UnbuntuGeek link did not have the file, I was able to find it on the Ubuntu forum.

It worked fine once I found the txt file.

Thanks for the help.

Orrin