New 10.04 install stuck at 800x600 resolution :(

[iridium21]

Hi there,

I have no experience of dealing with S3 card successfully, but I have a guide here that covers the basics. Regarding the ATI card, I imagine that would solve your problem; I'd recommend Nvidia over ATI at the moment, but 95/100 ATI users have no problems.

Thank you very much for the reply. I'll have a read of your guide right now...

[iridium21]

Ok, I've had a read and xorg.conf doesn't exist on my system

[Grenage]

It won't, by default; you can create one.

[iridium21]

It won't, by default; you can create one.

Ok, thanks. Now for a couple more newbie questions - which editor should I use to create it? I tried gedit but it wouldn't let me save my newly created xorg.conf to /etc/X11/ because I didn't have permission to save it there. Told you I was a newbie

[Grenage]

There's no shame in not knowing

You can use gedit, but you'll need root privileges:

gksu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

[iridium21]

There's no shame in not knowing

You can use gedit, but you'll need root privileges:

gksu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Great, thank you.

I tried:

Section "Device"
Identifier "VIA Technologies, Inc. KM400/KN400/P4M800 [S3
UniChrome] (rev 01)"
Driver "openchrome"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
Device "openchrome"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "768x576"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "768x576"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "768x576"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "768x576"
EndSubSection
EndSection

But now it just sits at the Ubuntu boot screen

What have I done wrong now?

EDIT:

Ok, I've booted from a live CD - how do I delete/change xorg.conf please?

Thanks.

[Grenage]

Hi again!

You can simply delete the config using:

sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Your xorg.conf is incomplete, so what you have won't function. Also, the openchrome driver is correct? I haven't used an S3 card in so long, I'm not familiar with the driver names.

[iridium21]

Hi again!

You can simply delete the config using:

sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Your xorg.conf is incomplete, so what you have won't function. Also, the openchrome driver is correct? I haven't used an S3 card in so long, I'm not familiar with the driver names.

Thanks again.

Well, I got desperate and tried an xorg.conf I found:

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Hyundai"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 31-80
VertRefresh 56-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "LCD"
Monitor "Hyundai"
Device "VIAInt"
DefaultDepth 24
# SubSection "Display"
# Depth 8
# Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"
# Virtual 1024 768
# ViewPort 0 0
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Depth 16
# Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768"
# ViewPort 0 0
# Virtual 800 600
# EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
ViewPort 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "1280x1024"
# Virtual 1024 768
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "VIAInt"
Driver "openchrome"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
#Option "ActiveDevice" "LCD"
# Option "LCDDualEdge" "true"
EndSection

And it sort of works in as much as I can get to 1280x1024 - but not 1440x900 - and I now have to scroll sideways to see the entire desktop

Any suggestions?

[Grenage]

Try this:

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier "Monitor0"
	VendorName "Hyundai"
	ModelName "unsure"
	HorizSync 31-80
	VertRefresh 56-75
Modeline "1440x900_60.00"  106.50  1440 1528 1672 1904  900 903 909 934 -hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier "Device0"
	Driver "openchrome"
	VendorName "S3"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device "Device0"
	Monitor "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth 24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth 24
		Modes "1440x900"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Since I'm unsure of your monitor model or frequencies, I've added a modeline and set it to 1440x900.

[iridium21]

Try this:

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Monitor0"
    VendorName "Hyundai"
    ModelName "unsure"
    HorizSync 31-80
    VertRefresh 56-75
Modeline "1440x900_60.00"  106.50  1440 1528 1672 1904  900 903 909 934 -hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "Device0"
    Driver "openchrome"
    VendorName "S3"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device "Device0"
    Monitor "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth 24
        Modes "1440x900"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Since I'm unsure of your monitor model or frequencies, I've added a modeline and set it to 1440x900.

It works !

Thank you so much. BTW, the monitor's actually an LG L194WT 19" and supports: