Problem with Resolution, USB Hard Drive

[Snorglorf]

I really like Linux, and have been wanting to use it for a while. Today I finally bit the bullet and reformatted my computer and installed dualboot of Kubuntu 7.10 + Windows XP (just in case).

I have used Linux only briefly before on other people's computers and live CD's.

I am using a HP Pavillion a1450n, with the onboard Nvidia GeForce 6150LE. In my system settings, it does not give the option to go higher than 800x600 resolution. Can someone walk me through fixing this? Try to keep it simple, if possible. I'm computers savvy, as far as Windows goes. But I haven't got a clue about Linux.

USB Hard Drive Problem: When I go into the Storage Media folder, and click on my external 250GB USB hard drive, it gives the error "hal-storage-removable-mount-all-options refused uid 1000"

Thanks for reading


EDIT: Any links to must-read general Linux/Kubuntu guides would be very helpful. I'd like to be able to dive in as quickly as possible.

EDIT(2): In the K Menu, each item has "_: Entries in K-Menu: <whatever application> app name," before it, and it's kind of annoying. I can't really read most of the programs' full names because of it.

[Snowhog]

Re: Problem with Resolution, USB Hard Drive

EDIT(2): In the K Menu, each item has "_: Entries in K-Menu: <whatever application> app name," before it, and it's kind of annoying. I can't really read most of the programs' full names because of it.

Go to K > System Settings > Regional & Language >
Under the Locale tab, select your location in the top right drop down list.

[Gediminas2]

Re: Problem with Resolution, USB Hard Drive

resolution might be fixed if you install the video drivers. restricted-manager-kde should do this for you

From the error, I assume the USB hard drive is formatted in NTFS. By default, It is only readable for root(no writting). And you are not root, so you cannot read it too. There are many topics in this forum for mounting NTFS partitions. Try searching

[Qqmike]

Re: Problem with Resolution, USB Hard Drive

This keeps popping up, so a search here will turn up what’s going on with this one:
“…the error "hal-storage-removable-mount-all-options refused uid 1000"”


Here’s a good list of popular sites:

Bigpond, home: http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/
(several neat topics, like filesystems, mounting, etc.)

Partition editor:
GParted: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
GParted how-to: http://www.howtoforge.com/partitioning_with_gparted

Command line, filesystems, permissions, mounting, etc.:
Tuxfiles: http://www.tuxfiles.org/

All sorts of stuff, written for Ubuntu, but applies to Kubuntu with minor changes in a few commands:
Psychocats: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/index.php

Kubuntu.org: http://www.kubuntu.org/
Kubuntu Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kubuntu

Linux, Distro Watch http://distrowatch.com

Linux--Windows equiv apps: http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/AppHelper

Switching to (K)ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu

Ubuntu Document Storage Facility (Welcome): http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Main_Page

[opie]

Re: Problem with Resolution, USB Hard Drive

Open a terminal window (kmenu-system-konsole)
and type in (and hit enter) the following:

cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Paste the results of this here in the thread.