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Unable to run a Dell flatscreen monitor properly

Asked by redmike

Have installed a Dell flat screen monitor. Claims to be running at 640x480 but monitor displays only a quarter tile of the desktop ie about 3500 dots resolution
How do you install the software and is the no entry sign from system update anything to do with it
regards Mike

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

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redmike (xair) said : 		#2

  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440]
       vendor: nVidia Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: a3
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm agp agp-2.0 bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=nvidia latency=248 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5 module=nvidia
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04
Codename: jaunty
Linux Burt2 2.6.28-19-generic #66-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 17:39:04 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

is output from this with my old big box monitor attached. Doesn't recognise the dell monitor

Thank you for your attention, Mike

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Jaunty is no longer supported. I suggest you do a clean install with Precise.

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redmike (xair) said : 		#4

which version is "precise" and how do i do that without losing personal data on my computer? Mike

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Precise is Ubuntu 12.04 and is LTS (5 year support). You will use your backups for your user data after the install (which I assume you have)

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redmike (xair) said : 		#6

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.