screen resolution

Hi angelo,
My position is "If not broken, don't fix it", but we can see why you monitor is not rightly detected.
Can you please open a terminal, execute the following command:
 lspci
and paste the output here.

Hello Ariel

Here's the report

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo
PRO133x] (rev c4)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo
MVP3/Pro133x AGP]
00:04.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super
South] (rev 40)
00:04.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:04.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 1a)
00:04.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller (rev 1a)
00:04.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super
ACPI] (rev 40)
00:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128
PF/PRO AGP 4x TMDS

2009/2/8 Ariel Cabral <email address hidden>:
> Your question #60310 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/60310
>
>    Status: Open => Answered
>
> Ariel Cabral proposed the following answer:
> Hi angelo,
> My position is "If not broken, don't fix it", but we can see why you monitor is not rightly detected.
> Can you please open a terminal, execute the following command:
>  lspci
> and paste the output here.
>
> --
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Angelo,
I've been looking around and the message is from your monitor, not from Ubuntu, however it seems like a problem at the monitor when not running their native resolution.
Please, can you paste the content of /etc/X11/xorg.conf here.
Hope this helps, let me know.

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
 Driver "kbd"
 Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
 Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
 Option "XkbLayout" "it"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 Option "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Monitor "Configured Monitor"
 Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "Default Layout"
 Screen "Default Screen"
EndSection

2009/2/8 Ariel Cabral <email address hidden>:
> Your question #60310 on xorg in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+question/60310
>
>    Status: Open => Answered
>
> Ariel Cabral proposed the following answer:
> Angelo,
> I've been looking around and the message is from your monitor, not from Ubuntu, however it seems like a problem at the monitor when not running their native resolution.
> Please, can you paste the content of /etc/X11/xorg.conf here.
> Hope this helps, let me know.
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+question/60310/+confirm?answer_id=2
>
> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
> following page to enter your feedback:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+question/60310
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0k angelo,
To solve your problem, you can try to uninstall and reinstall the driver (usually works) and see if this way works for you (this was the way used to resynchronize your monitor with your video card, but the risk is that when you uninstall the driver you fall into this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/148117
This bug is not so bad, but I must tell you the possible troubles that you can get.
The second way is install the restricted drivers for your card, for a step by step guide you can go to:
http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Hardy_Installation_Guide
If you face any trouble or doubts or need further help, please ask here.
Hope this helps, let me know.

Finally, I must add a second guide for the installation of the restricted drivers:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI
Please, read this too.
Hope this helps, let me know.

Hi Ariel,

I thank you very much for your help and will keep your suggestions for future reference, in case the problem gets worse.
For the moment I agree with your position "If not broken, don't fix it", as everything works perfectly except for 10 seconds to wait for the screen saver message to go away and the login window to appear, which is nothing compared to a real bug to repair.

All my best

Angelo