E177FP Natty low resolution

I suggest you upgrade to Precse soon (Preferably via fresh install) as Natty is EOL in October.

Can you give the output of:

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

Thanks

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I suggest you upgrade to Precse soon (Preferably via fresh install) as
Natty is EOL in October.

Can you give the output of:

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

Thanks

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Here is the output.

  *-display UNCLAIMED
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter
       vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 00
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm agp agp-3.0 vga_controller cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:d8000000-dfffffff memory:e1000000-e101ffff ioport:d000(size=128)
LSB Version:    core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID:    Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 11.04
Release:    11.04
Codename:    natty
Linux bob-desktop 2.6.38-15-generic #64-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 6 17:18:17 UTC 2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

Thanks

Yeah those SiS things need an xorg.conf file, basically they suck:

If you run:

gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and add the below text.

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "Layout0"
    Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Monitor0"
    VendorName "Unknown"
    ModelName "Dell E177FP"
    HorizSync 15.0 - 46.0
    VertRefresh 49.0 - 61.0
    Option "DPMS" "off"
    Option "DPI" "96 x 96"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "Device0"
    Driver "sis"
    VendorName "Silicon Integrated Systems"
    BoardName "661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device "Device0"
    Monitor "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    Option "TwinView" "0"
    Option "metamodes" "1280x1024_60 +0+0"
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth 24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Save the new file and reboot. If you don't get a desktop then reboot and hold SHIFT, select recovery mode then select root, you can now run:

mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_old; reboot

NOTE: The X in X11 is capitalized, Linux is very case sensitive so it must be used.

actionparsnip:

This did not change the resolution or cause it not to boot.  I apologise but there are a couple of things I did not mention earlier: I use a login on this computer. Since changing the monitor (start of problem), the login screen has been at low res. After I login a window pops up that says: "Could not apply the configuration for monitors" then has a list where each line starts with "CRTC 279: trying mode" and gives the resolution and hz tried.

This was true before I tried your suggestion and still happens.

thanks

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Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 3:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Question #205591]: E177FP Natty low resolution

Your question #205591 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/205591

actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Monitor0"
    VendorName    "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Dell E177FP"
    HorizSync      15.0 - 46.0
    VertRefresh    49.0 - 61.0
    Option        "DPMS" "off"
    Option        "DPI" "96 x 96"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Device0"
    Driver        "sis"
    VendorName    "Silicon Integrated Systems"
    BoardName      "661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Screen0"
    Device        "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option        "TwinView" "0"
    Option        "metamodes" "1280x1024_60 +0+0"
    SubSection    "Display"
        Depth      24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

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If I get a video card, can I disable Sis video? Any recommendations?

Your BIOS should allow you to disable the device. Nvidia have great Linux support, check what connectors your system has (AGP, PCI-Express etc) before you buy