[SLL] Ubuntu/Matrox resolution problem

[Mr.Scrooge]

I assume that you have already tried making changes in xorg.conf . If the modules didn't work to
begin with i don't see how reinstalling is going to help. In my, limited, experience its usually a
modification to xorg.conf that does the trick in these cases or maybe an option at boot time. I
bet if you look on ubuntu forums you are not the first person to have this issue.

Good Luck!
-Max
--- Abha Harting <abhaha at gmail.com> wrote:

> It turns out that I have another machine that has a Matrox G200 in it, and I
> am having the same problem with this one as the other. This machine is a
> 950mhz Duron with 512 mgs of Ram. I installed and then reinstalled the
> Matrox modules using Synaptic but it would pop out and stay in 800X600. Then
> I found another program in Synaptic called gvidm and that seems to have
> kicked it up to the higher resolution more regularly (not EVERY time but
> more often), but then too occasionally the mouse freezes during boot up.
> When that happens, I log in and then hit control-alt-delete to reboot it and
> move the mouse wildly while it reboots and during the login, and that seems
> to work, but it is* hardly* a satisfactory way to go! I would like to sell
> some of these older machines with Ubuntu loaded, so I want them to work
> right.
> 
> This is driving me nuts. Any more ideas?? Thanks.
> 
> Abha
> 
> On Dec 18, 2007 10:28 PM, Abha Harting <abhaha at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I just installed Gutsy on an old 600Emhz PIII with 384 mgs of ram. I had
> > had an Nvidia AGP card in there, but it was freezing up and locking the
> > screen all the time. The only way to get out of it was to turn the power
> > off. I read on one of the Ubuntu forums that for some machines there is a
> > problem with the Nvidia driver and a number of web browsers (esp FireFox)
> > that causes the freezing. It was even freezing during the install--that got
> > old.
> >
> > I decided I just didn't want to keep having to deal with this, so I went
> > down to REPC and got a Matrox PCI video card. The goofy thing is that when
> > using the live CD and during the install, the resolution was a lot higher,
> > and I could set it to my preferred level of 1024X768.* It was working just
> > fine.* BUT, now that it is installed and rebooted, the only options
> > available are 800X600 and 640X480. This just sucks.
> >
> > So, what is up with that? There must be a way to fix it since it was
> > working better on the live CD. Any help/suggestions appreciated.
> >
> > Abha
> 



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