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Display problem on IBM R30

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by .martin.

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Hi guys (and gals) again.

recently I got bored and decided to install Ubuntu on an old R30 (previously it had nothing, as I need to find a Windows 2000 CD without any SP's).

but anyway, my problem is that I am unable to get a full display. that is, on the 1024x768 display, I can only get a resolution of 800x600, about 60% of the screen.

so before you tell me to search the internet, I have, only coming up with solutions that don't work for me (editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf)

here are the specs

IBM R30 (model 2656)
Pentium 3 1Ghz
256MB DDR PC133 RAM
160GB hitachi HDD (IDE)
Trident CyberBlade internal graphics (8MB vram)
D-Link DWL-G650M wireless card
14.1" screen ( 1024x768 )
CD-ROM / 3.5 floppy
Ubuntu 8.1

Thanks,

Martin

< sorry, only 28 lines :D >

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by .martin.

as I am using 8.1, which is new, not many people have posted a solution for it, taking into account the differences of the version.

also I was wrong with the RAM, it was PC133, had the spec sitting in front of me and i still got it wrong :D

by dbakerp

Try booting into a recent Knoppix live CD and if display is OK copy xorg.conf to a flash drive, or onto the hard drive. Then boot Ubuntu and copy it into Ubuntu /etc/X11/. Worked for me on Ubuntu 8.04.1 live CD.
Dave

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