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Old 02-20-2007, 04:33 PM   #1
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giving it another shot. Gave up last time when I couldn't figure out how to change the screen resolution.


still stumped. I can't get any higher then 1024x768.

I need 1366x768. any ideas? DOMS?



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giving it another shot. Gave up last time when I couldn't figure out how to change the screen resolution.


still stumped. I can't get any higher then 1024x768.

I need 1366x768. any ideas? DOMS?
Is your computer a laptop or a desktop?



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What resolution are you trying to get to?

I'm getting ahead of myself; do you know how to change the screen resolution?



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Does this mean anything to you? I'm having trouble following these instructions. Do I enter these into terminal? and is terminal equivalent to cmdprompt from windows?


How to Correct the Graphics Resolution (Intel)

* Intel 915g, 945g, etc. graphics chipsets only have a limited set of resolutions initially installed, despite the correct driver being detected.
* Install the resolution altering tool:

sudo apt-get install 915resolution

* Run the following to see the availible modes:

915resolution -l

* Choose a resolution you don't need and replace, for example the following changes 1920x1440 to 1920x1200

915resolution 5c 1920 1200

* This should add the option for that resolution to the "System>Preferences>Screen Resolution" tool.
* If it works correctly then you can make the change permanent:

sudo gedit /etc/rc.local

* Find the following line

exit 0

* Before this, insert the 915resolution command with your favorite setting, like the following:

915resolution 5c 1920 1200



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What resolution are you trying to get to?

I'm getting ahead of myself; do you know how to change the screen resolution?
i need 1366x768....it's the native for my LCD...anything else looks stretched.


the screen resolution only shows 1066x768 as max.



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Does this mean anything to you? I'm having trouble following these instructions. Do I enter these into terminal? and is terminal equivalent to cmdprompt from windows?


How to Correct the Graphics Resolution (Intel)

* Intel 915g, 945g, etc. graphics chipsets only have a limited set of resolutions initially installed, despite the correct driver being detected.
* Install the resolution altering tool:

sudo apt-get install 915resolution

* Run the following to see the availible modes:

915resolution -l

* Choose a resolution you don't need and replace, for example the following changes 1920x1440 to 1920x1200

915resolution 5c 1920 1200

* This should add the option for that resolution to the "System>Preferences>Screen Resolution" tool.
* If it works correctly then you can make the change permanent:

sudo gedit /etc/rc.local

* Find the following line

exit 0

* Before this, insert the 915resolution command with your favorite setting, like the following:

915resolution 5c 1920 1200
Yes, you run these from a terminal window, but you have to do them at root.

For example, to run '915resolution -l' as root you'd do this:

sudo 915resolution -l

The first time you use the sudo command, you'll be prompted for your root password.



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Old 02-20-2007, 07:25 PM   #13
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I'm struggling with terminal. What is the point of going to root?

I'm trying to install rar using

sudo apt-get install rar
sudo ln -fs /usr/bin/rar /usr/bin/unrar

and it gives me

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?



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same thing with
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E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?


another process using it? am I suppose to close everything first?



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Old 02-20-2007, 07:35 PM   #15
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ah, nm....I had snaptic package manager open.



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how do you unrar files?

i installed unrar using

sudo ln -fs /usr/bin/rar /usr/bin/unrar


but when I double click the rar files, it opens Archive Manager....and says, Archive type not supported.



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how do you unrar files?

i installed unrar using

sudo ln -fs /usr/bin/rar /usr/bin/unrar


but when I double click the rar files, it opens Archive Manager....and says, Archive type not supported.
Right-click on the file, click on 'Properties', and go to the 'Open With' tab. Choose the program that you want to open the file with.



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Right-click on the file, click on 'Properties', and go to the 'Open With' tab. Choose the program that you want to open the file with.
the only program in open with , I see is Archive Manager. Is this the same as Unrar? I don't see unrar there.



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I haven't installed Ubuntu yet, but something tells me it's easier than installing gentoo from a stage 1 tarball.


I'm glad DOMS is willing to support you with hours of troubleshooting to make himself look 1337. I'm way to lazy for all that, lawl.



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I haven't installed Ubuntu yet, but something tells me it's easier than installing gentoo from a stage 1 tarball.


I'm glad DOMS is willing to support you with hours of troubleshooting to make himself look 1337. I'm way to lazy for all that, lawl.
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I haven't installed Ubuntu yet, but something tells me it's easier than installing gentoo from a stage 1 tarball.


I'm glad DOMS is willing to support you with hours of troubleshooting to make himself look 1337. I'm way to lazy for all that, lawl.
I just went bak to XP.

When I have 3-4 days of nothing to do, I'll go at at again to see if I can figure it all out. It's a bitch to start out, but with the power of the web nowadays, anything can be learned with some searching and reading.

I'm sure DOMS doesn't want to babysit me through learning a new OS.



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I just went bak to XP.

When I have 3-4 days of nothing to do, I'll go at at again to see if I can figure it all out. It's a bitch to start out, but with the power of the web nowadays, anything can be learned with some searching and reading.

I'm sure DOMS doesn't want to babysit me through learning a new OS.
Seriously, if you're really interested in learning it, buy a book, like the newest version of Running Linux by O'Reilly. Read through it, and try to do everything yourself. You'll learn alot more that way. Anyone can ask help for every problem, but you won't learn anything.



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I'm sure DOMS doesn't want to babysit me through learning a new OS.
I've no problem giving you a hand in transitioning to Ubuntu, man!

Next time, if you'd like, I'll give you my cell number and we can do it over the phone so that we can get things done faster.



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