Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Linux help request

2009-04-10 Thread Bruce Harding
David, A quick google produced this: Make a backup copy of your xorg.conf. Then, in the Display section, try removing all modes except "1440x900". This will force X to start with the right resolution. After editing xorg.conf don't run dpkg-reconfigure because it could revert to a wrong xorg.co

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Linux help request

2009-04-10 Thread Bart Trojanowski
Hi David, I personally don't know the answer to your question. But I would suggest that you take it to the ubuntu mailing list. We do have some Ubuntu users here, but... Once you find the right Ubuntu mailing list, you can also CC the maintainer of the xserver-xorg-video-* package you're using.

[OCLUG-Tech] Linux help request

2009-04-10 Thread david
Hello, My name is David Maybury and I am looking for help with a Ubuntu installation. My wife and I have moved completely away from Windows a number of years ago. I just performed a full system upgrade and I have encountered a serious problem and I am willing to pay for some help. I have a Nvidia

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] How to find extended system information?

2009-04-10 Thread Dave O'Neill
John C Nash wrote: > For some benchmarking tests I want to do, I'd like to be able to use > command line tools to get the following information (not only for Linux > -- my tests will be on Mac and PC too, but that will come later): > > - OS version, by which I mean not just the "uname -a" stuff, b