12-15-2014, 04:44 PM
Hi sysdrum & Wirezfree. Thanks for your replies - sorry I couldn't respond earlier.
As I think you expected, sysdrum, your command:
returned a message that the newest version is already installed.
I couldn't get your process to work, Wirezfree - it seemed to hang, but if I understand the above posts correctly it shouldn't be necessary anyway.
By the way, I've tried a couple of other Ubuntu-based distros and they have the same problem.
On the Dell machine, if I go to Menu/Settings/Display/Identify Displays it returns "Monitor - Resolution 1024x768". When I do the same thing on another (more modern) machine using the same monitor, I get "Samsung Electric Co 17 inch - 1280x1024" - I have no display problems on that machine using any of the distros. This seems to suggest that the monitor isn't being recognised by the Dell, but that the problem isn't caused by LL or the monitor.
Any more suggestion would be welcome.
Quote:Was it able to run in anything higher than 1024 x 768 when run from a liveUSB/livecd-dvd?No, it's exactly the same.
As I think you expected, sysdrum, your command:
Quote:sudo apt install xserver-xorg-video-intel
returned a message that the newest version is already installed.
I couldn't get your process to work, Wirezfree - it seemed to hang, but if I understand the above posts correctly it shouldn't be necessary anyway.
By the way, I've tried a couple of other Ubuntu-based distros and they have the same problem.
On the Dell machine, if I go to Menu/Settings/Display/Identify Displays it returns "Monitor - Resolution 1024x768". When I do the same thing on another (more modern) machine using the same monitor, I get "Samsung Electric Co 17 inch - 1280x1024" - I have no display problems on that machine using any of the distros. This seems to suggest that the monitor isn't being recognised by the Dell, but that the problem isn't caused by LL or the monitor.
Any more suggestion would be welcome.