[ale] Ubuntu 9.10, Thinkpad T30 Display Issues

[wolf at wolfhalton.info]

Go to tty1 
attempt  startx
Find out what file in the /tmp directory needs to be deleted.
run xrandr without arguments
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wolf at telcontar:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 800, maximum 8192 x 8192
VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
LVDS1 connected 1280x800+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 331mm x 207mm
   1280x800       60.0*+
   1024x768       85.0     75.0     70.1     60.0
   832x624        74.6
   800x600        85.1     72.2     75.0     60.3     56.2
   640x480        85.0     72.8     75.0     59.9
   720x400        85.0
   640x400        85.1
   640x350        85.1
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then run xrandr -r 1024x768 // the resolution is just an example from my xrandr list. 
You may have just gotten a poor set-up from the upgrade.  If you look at all the options available 
in xrandr, it is simple to see how many ways it could have gone wrong.

Once you have set the resolution, run startx and see how it looks.

-Wolf



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