[olug] Ubuntu 8.10 RC X.Org Resolution problems

[Amy Mason]

You are probably right.. I honestly don't know, I am so new to all of this.
I will google that little tidbit and see what I find.  If that is the case,
do you know where I could get instructions on configuring X?  I am willing
to play, and even break things, I just am having a hell of a time finding
what I need to fiddle with.

Thanks,

Amy

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:11 PM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com>wrote:

> I though the proprietary Nvidia drivers won't work with the older
> Athlon XP processors (including the legacy drivers) because the driver
> required SSE.
>
> Does the XP 2100 support SSE?  I can't remember.  If it doesn't, you
> need to change /etc/X11/xorg.conf to use the nv driver.
>
> -- T. J.
>
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:02 PM, Amy Mason <amason80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> >  I have an X.Org issue.  I can't get the resolution to offer better than
> > 800x600 no matter what I try.  Here are the stats of the box in question:
> >
> > Compaq Presario 6029
> >
> > AMD Athlon XP 2100 (1.73GHz)
> > 512MB RAM (pc2100)
> > DVD -RW Drive
> > 48x CD Drive
> > Nvidia GeForce2 (integrated)
> > 56k Modem
> > NIC
> > Dell 19 inch widescreen monitor running through a Trendnet KVM swith.
> >
> > X.Org is 7.4, I believe in this distro, and I read that the Legacy NVidia
> > drivers are not compatible with this version of X.
> >
> > Yes, I know I shouldn't be playing with a RC version of anything until I
> > know more, but Ubuntu 8.04, and 7.10 did the same damn thing, and
> Mandriva
> > One 2009 won't even boot the LiveCD on this system. (I know my Mandriva
> disk
> > is fine, it works great on my other box.)  Any time I installed the
> legacy
> > drivers in the other distros X would crash and I would have to restore
> > xorg.conf from backup, or fix it using the tool in recovery mode. (Ubuntu
> > 7.10, and 8.04, which was a network upgrade.)
> >
> > When I installed 8.10, it appeared to use the NV driver on install and
> first
> > boot, but the proof of that seems to have disappeared on subsequent
> boots,
> > and I still can't get a decent resolution.  Any thoughts?
> >
> > I would appreciate advice for either fixing this problem or finding a
> > differnt distro that meets a few criteria.
> >
> > A. Works with this Video card
> > B. Fairly newb friendly. (I am happy to go to the terminal, but I tend to
> > still need step by step instructions, and will probably ask a lot about
> what
> > I am doing.)
> > C. Needs to run with gnome as the GUI (it has the accessibility framework
> I
> > need).
> > D. Prefer Debian based, though my attempts with Mandriva should say how
> > important this actually is.
> >
> > Honestly, I am comfortable with either option. I would minimally prefer
> to
> > fix this install, but I don't mind distro-hopping either.
> >
> > Thank you so much for taking the time to look at this, and help me. I
> have
> > spent hours on the Ubuntu forums and Google, and my twitter is littered
> with
> > comments on my failed attempts to fix the issue.
> >
> > Also, let me know if there is any more information you need.
> >
> > Amy
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