In my missionary zeal to convert one more Little Old Lady away from Win XP to Linux, I looked over my options and decided that for various reasons Kubuntu was the choice. Her computer is a Dell Dimension 2400, 128mb *shared* RAM with a Dell 15" flat screen E151FPp monitor. The monitor's specs say it should be able to go up to 1024 x [whatever] at 75Hz but all I want is 800 x [usual].
I started w/ Kubuntu 6.06 LTS Desktop but got the message that there was not enough memory. Since I had briefly installed 5.04 on this box last summer I tried that and it succeeded, automatically carving out a 390 mb (appx? I didn't note the number) swap partition. The installation proceeded (slowly) and KDE came up, in 640 x 4xx. Way too big. I was able to do the rest of the installation, setting up email, putting back her backed up data, etc, then tackled the resolution problem.
The KDE Control Center only offered one display resolution: 640 x 4xx, at 75Hz. So I did all of the following, and in every dangit single case the computer came back up in 640x4xx at 75Hz with no other res options.
- sudo edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf to remove all the resolution options for the default color depth of 16 except 1024x and 800x.
- stopped the xdm, (sudo /etc/init.d/xdm stop) ran 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg', basically took all the defaults, and restarted xdm.
- stopped the xdm, ran 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg', first gave the video 32mb then 48mb dedicated ram, and each time restarted the xdm. This made kdm unable to even load. Ran back through the dpkg-reconfigure accepting the defaults; machine booted back at 640x.
- edited the sources.list replacing hoary with breezy, did an 'apt-get distupgrade' of kubuntu, then 'apt-get upgrade' of kde, xdm and xorg. 1 1/2 hours of processing later, it came up in 640x, blah blah.
- edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf to remove all the resolution options for the default color depth of 16 except 1024x and 800x. Restarted the machine. Came up in 640x and btw, it still thinks it's Hoary and KDE 3.4.0
- tried the Kubuntu 6.06 LTS disk to get the new KDE and display managers. The install worked at a snail's pace (I figure the swap partition it didn't have last time made it even work at all?)...640x.
- edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf to remove all the resolution options except 1024x and 800x, for all color depths. Restarted the machine. Guess what?
I'm all out of ideas, guys and gals, and can't find any references on the web to anything I haven't tried yet. This thing is making me feel like a total and complete noob. My extensive life experience tells me this is something very simple that I've overlooked, but I just can't see it. Anybody got any ideas?
I'll check back here later, or you may reply to email arawn1900 at yahoo.com
TIA-
arawn
I started w/ Kubuntu 6.06 LTS Desktop but got the message that there was not enough memory. Since I had briefly installed 5.04 on this box last summer I tried that and it succeeded, automatically carving out a 390 mb (appx? I didn't note the number) swap partition. The installation proceeded (slowly) and KDE came up, in 640 x 4xx. Way too big. I was able to do the rest of the installation, setting up email, putting back her backed up data, etc, then tackled the resolution problem.
The KDE Control Center only offered one display resolution: 640 x 4xx, at 75Hz. So I did all of the following, and in every dangit single case the computer came back up in 640x4xx at 75Hz with no other res options.
- sudo edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf to remove all the resolution options for the default color depth of 16 except 1024x and 800x.
- stopped the xdm, (sudo /etc/init.d/xdm stop) ran 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg', basically took all the defaults, and restarted xdm.
- stopped the xdm, ran 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg', first gave the video 32mb then 48mb dedicated ram, and each time restarted the xdm. This made kdm unable to even load. Ran back through the dpkg-reconfigure accepting the defaults; machine booted back at 640x.
- edited the sources.list replacing hoary with breezy, did an 'apt-get distupgrade' of kubuntu, then 'apt-get upgrade' of kde, xdm and xorg. 1 1/2 hours of processing later, it came up in 640x, blah blah.
- edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf to remove all the resolution options for the default color depth of 16 except 1024x and 800x. Restarted the machine. Came up in 640x and btw, it still thinks it's Hoary and KDE 3.4.0
- tried the Kubuntu 6.06 LTS disk to get the new KDE and display managers. The install worked at a snail's pace (I figure the swap partition it didn't have last time made it even work at all?)...640x.
- edited /etc/X11/xorg.conf to remove all the resolution options except 1024x and 800x, for all color depths. Restarted the machine. Guess what?
I'm all out of ideas, guys and gals, and can't find any references on the web to anything I haven't tried yet. This thing is making me feel like a total and complete noob. My extensive life experience tells me this is something very simple that I've overlooked, but I just can't see it. Anybody got any ideas?
I'll check back here later, or you may reply to email arawn1900 at yahoo.com
TIA-
arawn
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