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Ubuntu 7.04 - Dell Latitude D620 (Intel Video) 1280 x 800 Resolution

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

So you have a brand-spanking new install of Ubuntu 7.04 on a Dell Latitude D620 the Intel on-board video chipset, but the resolution is stuck at 1024 x 768.  You’ve searched all over the Internet, Ubuntu Forums, etc and can’t find the answer.

Well, I found the answer about three or four months ago, but when I needed the answer today, I couldn’t find it.  I still couldn’t find the answer, but through some trial and error finally found the answer.  Please type the commands below at a console session:

  1. sudo apt-get update
  2. sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-intel
  3. sudo apt-get install 915resolution

Next, close all programs, and press CTRL + SHIFT + ALT + BACKSPACE.  This will restart your Gnome Session.  You should then be presented the log on prompt at the 1280 x 800 resolution.

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Will’s Unofficial Ubuntu User Guide

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

Ok so I am taking the plunge with Linux again.  My wife’s computer "died" so I let her use mine until I could figure it out.  By the time I did (faulty RAM slot) she didn’t really want to go back to her slower computer.  No problem.  I changed hard drives around, set up the Windows 2000 partition and added a 12GB hard drive to dedicate to Linux. 

Initially I installed Ubuntu 5.04 Hoary, found I liked it and lived with it for about a week.  Then while at Border’s book store I saw the UK Linux Format magazine with OpenSUSE SLICK on one of the CDs.  I thought, "Ok, let’s try this".  So I did.  After a couple of installs, I decided to go back to Ubuntu.

Why didn’t I like OpenSUSE SLICK?  Well, first the fonts just didn’t seem crisp and clean enough in KDE.  Then when I opened Firefox the fonts were just… well… wrong.  They didn’t look right like they do in Windows or in Ubuntu.  Also, using the YAST Online Update to keep updated gave me headaches.  First libtiff didn’t patch, then the next one didn’t patch, and the next.  I just gave up.  Yes, I could have searched the OpenSUSE forums, but I thought, "You really just like Ubuntu don’t you?" so I am back with Ubuntu.

I’m starting this Unofficial Ubuntu User Guide (UUUG) to record and track my progress in using Ubuntu and as bookmarks for what I find useful in getting my install up and running.  For example, I’ll post when I get my nVidia card working, when I get my sound working, other little tidbits as I find them.  So enjoy, comment, add info.

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