unable to change monitor settings V11.04, Compaq S1922a

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a

Thanks

How do I send you a screenshot?

You don't need a screenshot. It's TEXT. you can copy the text and paste it here as an update. Why do you need a screenshot?

I couldn't copy and past from the original terminal.

Just sent the text. Sill learning Ubuntu, pardon my ignorance.

Joanie

Please paste it here. The idea is to share fixes here

  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 03
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:16 memory:f0000000-f7ffffff memory:ffa80000-ffafffff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
Codename: natty

OK... I see... I have to use the edit function of the terminal to copy text - cntl C will not work in this terminal

Pardon my lapses, but this is my first time here and I am still working through Linux for Dummies, am vision impaired and mobility impaired.

Thank you for your help, as frustrating as I may be.

Joanie

You can use CTRL+SHIFT + C as a shortcut to copy.

Is the system a banded PC or laptop which you are connecting to the screen. The screen is a plug and play thing and will display what it is told.

A PC connected via the VGA DSB connector. An older Pentium 4 @2.4 Ghz with 2GHz memory. I am also running V10.10 on my laptop and no problems with the same type of monitor. Just upgraded the desktop, via download and this is the first time I've seen anything like this. Click and drag are not quite the same on the mouse, but I have been able to improve it a bit by adjusting the mouse settings. My primary concern is that it is telling me a refresh rate of 0 so I have no idea of exactly what the refresh rate actually is. I find this a bit disconcerting, to say the least.

I'm going to list this as problem solved, but it would appear that the applet needs a bit of tweaking to at least display the actual refresh rate instead of a 0. Thanks for your help and patience.

New to Ubuntu: read the Ubuntu Manual, it's very informative:
http://ubuntu-manual.org/
Click on the "download Button" to download the latest PDF version.
The online help https://help.ubuntu.com/10.10/index.html

Ubuntu guide (For learning more about command lines)
http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/index_main.html

Need help with 11.04 Unity interface:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/natty/#what
http://theravingrick.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-effort-at-writing-help-for-unity.html

Relax and fun:
http://planet.ubuntu.com/ and Full Circle Magazine
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/