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Issue with Ubuntu

Ubuntu works great for me. I only have problems with the monitor stuff. Making it work with my video card required some hacking in a text file when installing (done mostly by Arve) and making it work on a projector is something I have yet to do. Since I got my new laptop with Ubuntu I have given two presentations. Both on Windows XP. I have seen some solutions online that involve hacking that text file again. No fun. Fn+F7 should just work. I guess I will hack in support when I am in Oslo again and Arve is around :-)

1st June 2007

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  1. ThinkWiki may give some tips on this. Excellent site.

    Permalink · 2007-06-01 17:23:08 · David Håsäther

  2. Yeah, xorg.conf, I know. Hopefully you don't have an ATI graphics card... The things I have gone through to make X11 work on my 32" HDTV, damn! I guess that's the trade off for having the pleasure of using apt-get install svn firefox thunderbird cvs scite opera kde, etcetera. :-)

    Permalink · 2007-06-03 21:30:14 · Robbert Broersma 

  3. $ aticonfig --query-monitor
Connected monitors: foo,bar
  Enabled monitors: foo
$ aticonfig --enable-monitor=foo,bar

    Permalink · 2007-06-04 10:42:15 · Arve

  4. Lots of people complain about issues with sound cards, etc. but in my experience those all work perfectly. My main issue has also been graphics cards. I often have to go hack my xorg.conf especially to get the right screen refresh rate; but that should only bother people in retarded countries on CRT screens anyway.

    Permalink · 2007-06-06 06:52:06 · Charl van Niekerk

  5. Hmmm, from Arve's comment I gather you have an ATI graphics card. That sucks because of the incomplete Linux drivers that ATI/AMD provide.

    I actually recently read a blog post that indicated that the blogger's laptop running Ubuntu Feisty automatically detected a projector. From what I understand, you need an onboard Intel graphics chip, and (x)randr 1.2 installed. That's definitely something I will remember next time I buy a pc/laptop.

    Permalink · 2007-06-21 07:59:04 · Roel

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