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soundrayAlexC: I understand you've tried displayconfig-gtk21:33
AlexCyes21:33
soundrayAlexC: did you find a display setting there that matched your monitor?21:33
AlexCI also tried renaming xorg,.conf to xorg,conf.save and restarting X21:34
AlexCTY=The highest choices offered are 1280x1024 and 1400x80021:34
AlexCI have selected as my monitor LCD 1680x105021:35
AlexCMy video driver is for ATI Radeon21:35
AlexCIt should work. But it doesnt21:35
soundrayAlexC: did you change the Model setting away from "Plug and Play"?21:35
AlexCYes.21:35
AlexCI have selected as my monitor LCD 1680x105021:35
AlexCI restarted and rebooted several times21:36
soundrayWhat did you do after that?21:36
soundrayDid you click on Test ?21:36
AlexCthen I went into preferences->Screen Resolution but the highest resolution offered remains 1280x102421:36
soundrayPlease, for now, answer only my questions21:36
soundrayDid you click on Test ?21:37
AlexCYes21:37
soundrayWhat happened?21:37
AlexCIt displayed a grey hash pattern and asked if I wanted to save my settings. I said yes.21:37
soundrayOkay. Are you at the poor resolution right now?21:38
AlexCI am at 1280x1024. There is a 1440x900 option also.21:38
soundrayOkay. When you do 'gksudo displayconfig-gtk' now, does it still show LCD 1680x1024 under Model?21:39
AlexCI have just switched to 1440x900. I dopnt like this one either..21:39
AlexClet me try21:39
soundrayAlexC: can you please, just while I'm helping you, not do anything other than what's in my train of thought?21:39
AlexCyes it still shows LCD Panel 1680x105021:40
AlexC(sorry)21:40
soundrayOkay, good.21:40
soundrayPlease put your /etc/X11/xorg.conf on a pastebin so I can have a look at it.21:40
AlexCSure. (refresh my memory - what is the link to pastbin?21:41
soundray!pastebin21:41
ubot5`pastebin is a service to post multiple-lined texts so you don't flood the channel. The Ubuntu pastebin is at http://paste.ubuntu.com (make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic)21:41
soundrayOh, ubottu's here, too. Good21:42
soundrayubot5`: Hi21:42
ubot5`Hi! Welcome to #ubuntu-classroom!21:42
AlexCIts there21:43
soundrayAlexC: you know the drill21:43
soundrayI need the link21:43
AlexCOops21:43
AlexCI am looking for the link url but not finding it.21:44
soundrayYou just pasted it, didn't you? In Firefox?21:45
AlexCYes21:45
soundraySo look in the location bar21:45
AlexCIt shows on the left under Alex Chigos21:45
AlexChttp://pastebin.com/m332691d421:46
AlexCSorry21:46
AlexCI am very frustrated. Not at my best21:46
soundrayWhere do these modelines come from? Did you put them in by hand?21:47
soundrayLine 62 to 7121:47
soundray*Lines21:47
AlexCNope. I tried that but it didnt work. This xorg.conf was automatically generated after renaming my original file.21:47
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soundrayIt's strange that it doesn't have a mode for the resolution you want21:48
soundrayWould you mind starting from scratch?21:48
AlexCBy the way. that 1400x1050@60 never appears as an option in either displayconfig-gtk or Preferences->tion21:48
AlexCSure21:48
AlexCPlease tell me what to do.21:48
soundrayOkay, exit displayconfig if you haven't already21:49
AlexCI have21:49
soundrayAlexC: in terminal, do    mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf-backup-pre-soundray21:49
soundraysorry21:49
AlexCOK21:49
soundrayAlexC: in terminal, do   sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf-backup-pre-soundray21:49
AlexCdone21:50
soundrayNow run 'gksudo displayconfig-gtk' again. Model should be "Plug & Play" again.21:50
AlexCNw says unknown21:51
AlexCNo says unknown21:51
soundrayAh21:51
AlexC(encouraging sound)21:51
soundrayOkay, just click on it and select LCD panel 1680x1024 again (that's your native resolution, correct?)21:51
AlexCOK21:51
AlexCdone21:52
soundrayDon't bother with Test, just save and pastebin me your new /etc/X11/xorg.conf21:52
AlexChttp://pastebin.com/d585b1f1421:53
soundrayOkay, that's annoying... it's back to what it was.21:54
AlexCAh (more encouraging sound)21:54
soundrayShall we try and insert a mode for 1680x1024 manually?21:55
AlexCLets21:55
AlexCPlease guide me21:55
soundrayThe alternative would be for you to look into an ATI proprietary thing called Catalyst, which I know nothing about21:55
AlexCI am editing the file now21:55
AlexCCatalyst is for windows (I thiink)21:55
soundrayI've heard they have it for Linux as well now21:56
AlexCI have been through this with red hat. I got it to work by editing xorg,.conf manually21:56
soundrayOkay, give me a minute to find a proper modeline21:56
AlexCI tried copying the lines from my red hat machine into my ubuntu machine but it did not help21:56
soundrayDo you have that version of xorg.conf still?21:59
AlexCI think so22:00
AlexCDo you want me to pastebin it?22:00
soundrayYes, if it's reasonably easy to find22:00
AlexCWould you like the entire reed hat xorg.conf or the modified ubuntu one with the correct video driver entries?22:01
soundraymodified ubuntu one22:01
AlexCOK22:01
AlexChttp://pastebin.com/m48a8fa0d22:03
soundrayTheres a slight strangeness in that the modeline for 1680 has no hsync/vsync appendix22:04
soundrayYou didn't just miss that from the original -- did you?22:05
AlexCI noticed that. I suspect it has to do with the different versions of xorg between Red Hat EL ES 4 and Ubuntu 8.0222:05
AlexCIs the file truncated in the post?22:06
soundrayYes22:06
AlexCLet me post it again22:06
soundrayAnd it's word-wrapped22:06
AlexChttp://pastebin.com/m7bdb4e7d22:08
AlexCI dont know about the word wrap. I am editing in a terminal window. That is what it does.22:08
AlexCIn the file it is not wrapped.22:08
soundrayNow it's more truncated22:09
soundrayDo a 'cat /path/filename' and highlight that to paste22:09
AlexCWhen I click on the link ai just sent you, it appears to be complete.22:09
soundrayOkay22:10
soundrayI'd like to see the log when you use this config.22:11
soundrayCan you make it current, restart X and pastebin the output from22:12
soundraygrep 1680 /var/log/Xorg.0.log22:12
AlexCShould I copy it over and restart X then come back to the #ubuntu-classroom22:12
soundrayYes, please22:12
AlexCOK22:12
soundrayI'll wait22:12
AlexChttp://pastebin.com/m620a8c9622:17
AlexCSoundray - still there?22:17
soundrayYes22:17
AlexCjust the lines containig 168022:18
soundrayIt looks all good... Still no 1680 in System-Preferences-Screen Resolution?22:19
AlexCNope - just checked22:19
soundrayDo you have the model name of the LCD panel there?22:20
AlexCI think so22:20
soundrayAre you going to tell me?22:21
AlexCI had to get a magnifying glass. There is no model number printed on the monitor front or back22:22
AlexCNeither on the box22:22
AlexCLet me check the invoice22:22
soundrayDo you get any output when you run xrandr ?22:23
AlexCE2009FP22:23
AlexCyes22:24
AlexCI will post it22:24
soundrayPlease22:24
AlexChttp://pastebin.com/m6cc8cbf22:24
soundrayWhat happens when you do22:25
AlexC?22:26
soundrayxrandr --output VGA-0 --auto22:26
AlexCNot even a blink22:26
AlexCNothing changes22:26
AlexCCan I specify the resolution in xrandr22:27
soundrayyes22:27
soundrayI have to read up how22:27
AlexCI tried $xrandr -s 1680x105022:28
AlexCgot Size 1680x1050 not found in available modes22:28
soundrayYeah22:29
soundrayIt's listed as the maximum, but it's not listed as a possible mode22:29
soundrayCould you send me your entire /var/log/Xorg.0.log ?22:29
AlexCIt is interesting that it says Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1680 x 1050 but then does not list 1680x1050 in mode list22:29
soundrayYou can use https://fileexchange.imperial.ac.uk if it's too big for pastebin22:30
soundrayYes, indeed22:30
soundrayThat's why I think another look at the log is in order22:30
AlexCYour email address is requuested22:31
soundraysoundray at imperial ac uk22:31
AlexCis that soundray@imperial_ac.uk?22:32
soundrayAlexC: no22:32
soundrayYou're not meant to repeat it here22:32
soundrayWhy do you think I obfuscated it?22:32
AlexCSorry, it is asking me to put something there.22:32
soundrayLook at the https address, that should give you a clue22:32
AlexCgotit22:33
soundrayThis channel is publicly logged. You've just tripled my spam volume22:33
AlexChttps://fileexchange.imperial.ac.uk/int/3a6b1da3d43/Xorg.0.log22:36
AlexCI am so very sorry22:36
soundrayIt's very weird. All it ever says is that 1680x1050 is supported, so it should be fine -- but it obviously isn't22:38
soundrayIf it was my computer, I'd try the proprietary ATI driver next.22:39
soundrayDo you want instructions for that?22:39
AlexCPlease22:39
soundraySystem-Administration-Hardware Drivers -- enable the ATI driver and follow the instructions. You will probably have to log out and back in -- I'll hang around.22:40
soundrayMight even ask you to reboot22:40
AlexCWhen I do System->Admin->Hardware Drivers I get a window that is somewhat empty and says  No proprietry drivers are in use on this system.22:42
soundrayDang22:42
AlexCMy sentiments exactly22:42
soundrayMaybe envyng would force it22:43
soundraybut I have no experience with it22:43
soundrayShould be straightforward, though22:43
AlexCenvying?22:43
soundrayenvyng22:43
soundray!info envyng22:43
AlexCapt-get install envyng?22:43
soundrayThink so -- hold on...22:44
soundray!info envyng-gtk22:44
soundrayBot is dead.22:44
soundrayapt-get install envyng-gtk should do it22:44
AlexCit is now installed.22:44
AlexCcool22:45
soundrayIs it running?22:45
AlexCrunning it now22:46
AlexCIt is downloading something22:46
soundrayYes, that's what it's for22:46
AlexCbuilding . . .22:46
soundrayThe latest ATI Linux driver22:46
AlexCcomplete restarting - be right back22:47
AlexCsoundray are you there22:54
soundrayYes22:54
AlexCI rebooted. It came up at 640x480. I run displayconfig-gtk and selected 1280x102422:55
soundrayDepressing22:56
AlexCI then tried to run catalyst and it said there was a problem initializing the catalyst driver22:56
AlexCNo ATI graphics driver is installed or the ATI driver is not functioning properly22:56
soundrayI've been thinking that there might be a hardware initialization issue22:57
soundrayOh envyng hasn't done its job properly either, then22:57
AlexCPlease install the ATI driver appropriate for your harware or configure it with aticonfig22:57
AlexCaticonfig gives me 8 pages of usage notes22:57
soundrayYeah, that one's horrible22:57
AlexCI tried aticonfig --initial and got seg fault22:57
soundrayHere's another thing to try22:58
soundrayAssuming that it's initialization trouble22:58
AlexCshould I re,pve envyng?22:59
soundrayDo you know how to set a boot option?22:59
AlexCcan you be more specific?22:59
soundrayAlexC: I don't think it's done anything, so you might keep it around for when a driver becomes available22:59
AlexCI can press esc at grub to go into the menu.22:59
soundrayAlexC: yes, that's what I'd like you to try23:00
AlexCThen I think I press E to edit the kernel line23:00
soundraythen hit E on the default boot entry to edit,23:00
AlexCWhat should I append23:00
soundraythen E again on the kernel line23:00
soundrayhold on...23:00
AlexCDo you think envyng will interfere?23:01
soundrayNo23:01
AlexCOK23:01
soundrayvga=86623:02
AlexCOK23:02
AlexCI will be right back23:02
soundrayIt's a bit of a shot in the dark23:02
AlexCHi Soundray23:10
AlexCHi Soundray23:11
AlexCHere I am23:13
soundrayHere we all are23:13
DarkGu1Soundray, alexc23:13
DarkGu1Hello23:13
soundrayIt's strange that23:13
soundrayWherever you go there you are23:13
DarkGu1The page you gave me is 40423:13
AlexCHi DarkGu123:13
soundrayBuckaroo Banzai was right23:13
DarkGu1hey23:13
DarkGu1???23:13
soundrayhttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions23:13
soundrayWorks here23:13
AlexCSoundray - it didnt like that video mode. It gave me the option to scan which I tried. I then chose the highest option it offered me23:14
soundrayAlexC: this was about initialisation of the monitor23:14
AlexCThat scrambled my screen23:14
AlexCI was able to go to Alt-F1 and copy my xorg.conf back and reboot23:14
AlexCI am back to 1280x102423:14
DarkGu1AlexC: what's your monitors maker23:15
AlexCDell23:15
soundrayAlexC: I was hoping that being initialised with vga=866 would make it more cooperative23:15
AlexCI suspect it may be a samsung oem23:15
DarkGu1soundray: I'm going to reboot. Wait here23:15
soundrayOh, I've got an order23:15
AlexCYes but it rejected that mode and offered me other choices23:15
soundrayAlexC: I see23:15
AlexCscan listed my choices23:16
AlexCI had to pick something so I chose the highest number23:16
soundrayWhat was that?23:16
AlexCPerhaps not the best choice23:16
AlexCI dont know23:16
soundrayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BIOS_Extensions#Linux_video_mode_numbers23:16
AlexCMy short term memory isn't what it used to be23:16
soundrayHow old are you?23:17
AlexCnone of those was listed as a choice23:17
AlexC(from your link)23:17
soundrayNo, they are graphical modes23:17
soundrayscan only lists text modes23:17
AlexConly text modes ie e 162 132x4423:17
AlexCIt did say mode 866 not available23:19
AlexCI am 5223:19
AlexCI am a Python (pygtk) and C developer23:19
AlexCI have been programming since 198023:19
AlexCI am usually pretty good at this kindd of thing23:19
soundrayI started programming in 1980 :)23:20
AlexCI only use the irc as a last resort after exhausting my other choices including google23:20
soundrayDidn't keep it up, though23:20
AlexCNo I am very active23:20
soundrayAll I write these days are bash scriptes23:20
AlexCI am not near a pen and paper and did not write it down23:20
DarkGu1soundray23:20
soundray*scripts23:20
DarkGu1Did you say vga=86623:20
AlexCyes23:20
soundrayyes23:20
DarkGu1It wouldn't let me do it23:21
DarkGu1Said unrecognized or something23:21
soundrayWell, it wasn't the best choice23:21
AlexCyes - mode 866 not available - then it listed about 8 modes + scan23:21
DarkGu1Any other options?23:21
AlexCI chose scan23:21
soundray791 should work everywhere23:21
AlexCI got a list of text modes23:21
AlexCI chose one23:21
DarkGu1I doubt a boot option will help23:21
AlexCSo do you want me to try again with 791?23:22
soundray791 is 1024x768 at 16bit23:22
AlexCI can already get that23:22
soundrayDarkGu1: I've fixed at least one strangely behaving machine with that23:22
DarkGu1soundray: But I need 1400by1500 with 24 bit23:22
soundrayThat number keeps changing, DarkGu123:22
DarkGu1What number?23:23
soundrayI guess you mean 1440x105023:23
AlexCRemember that xrandr said my monitor could do 1680 x 1050 but did not list that option23:23
DarkGu1No I don't23:23
DarkGu1I mean 1400by105023:23
soundrayAlexC: DarkGu1's xrandr says maximum 1280x80023:24
soundrayIt's all too weird for me23:24
soundraySorry I couldn't help guys23:24
AlexCDang23:24
DarkGu1Are the two sound rays the same23:24
soundrayDarkGu1: are there two of me?23:24
DarkGu1Yes, on e gold, one green23:24
soundrayThings are getting ever weirder23:25
AlexCsoundray - are you part of the ubuntu dev team?23:25
soundrayNo23:25
AlexCdouble dang23:25
AlexCI wish I could find a regular 19" monitor (not wide)23:26
AlexCThey seem to have stopped making them23:26
AlexCThis machine is for a customer and is scheduled to be installed monday morning23:26
AlexCI will have a difficult tome dancing arouind this23:26
AlexCI will have a difficult time dancing arouind this23:26
AlexCI have been on the ubuntu page since 1:00 EST trying to fix this. It is now 6:2523:27
AlexCthats a long time with no results.23:27
AlexCI very much appreciate your help.23:27
soundrayAgreed23:27
soundrayIs the graphics card very recent?23:28
AlexCI thought ubuntu was "the linux that just works"23:28
AlexCNo23:28
soundrayGraphics is always a problem, esp. ATI and NVidia23:28
AlexCI have been installing this exact configuration (Dell Power Edge Server SC1430) with Red Hat Enterpreise Linux for at least 2 years. Red Hat works with this config23:29
AlexCIf not ATI and nVidia, then what?23:29
soundrayIntel worked out of the box for me23:29
AlexCAre they not the two most popular video cards in the industry?23:29
soundrayThey certainly are23:29
AlexCSo the guys at Ubuntu just thought they would ignore that fact?23:30
soundrayAnd they happen to be made by the most un-enlightened companies around, as far as free software is concerned23:30
AlexCOre the guys at xorg23:30
soundrayIt's not a lack of effort on Ubuntu's part23:30
AlexCHow about Dell?23:30
AlexCMaybe someone should let them klnow23:30
soundrayYou can't write a free video driver without open specifications23:31
soundrayOh, they are being told all the time23:31
AlexCAgain, the most popular manufacturer in ths business23:31
soundrayTorvalds has threatened closing the kernel API to proprietary modules23:31
AlexCThat will driver more people away from linux23:31
soundrayPossibly23:32
soundrayWell, the fact that it hasn't happened says something23:32
AlexCI think Linux is a pretty smart guy.23:32
AlexCI think Linus is a pretty smart guy.23:32
soundrayBut there are vocal hardliners among the kernel devs who wouldn't give a toss about popularity23:33
AlexCI do have a problem with the kernel versioning thing!23:33
soundrayYeah, and he's only 1323:33
AlexCI used to be able to run one version of my X-Med software on any rev of modern linux23:33
AlexCNow I must compile on 4 different machines23:34
AlexCargh23:34
soundrayMedical practice software?23:34
AlexCyes23:34
soundrayCool23:34
soundrayI'm a doctor23:34
AlexCX-Med is written in C23:34
AlexCmy new product, Cybax is written in pygtk23:35
AlexCIt runs on linux, mac and windows23:35
AlexCThis server will be running X-Med23:35
AlexCcybax is still being developd23:35
AlexCIt is very cool23:36
AlexCWhat kind of doctor?23:36
soundrayIs it for appointments and such, or for medical records as well?23:36
soundrayRadiologist23:36
AlexCAll of the above - including medical records, billing, appointments and document management23:36
AlexCDo you know ali?23:36
soundrayHL7 compliant?23:37
soundrayNo23:37
AlexCHe is an anesthesiologist in the UK23:37
soundrayOn IRC?23:37
AlexCX-Med is Hl7 compliant. Cybax will be23:37
soundrayWow, that must have been hard work...23:37
AlexCYes - I wrote X-Med single handedly23:38
AlexCI have help with Cybax23:38
AlexCWe are using an indian outsourcing company and one of my partners is an ophthalmologist/prrogrammer23:38
soundrayI worked for a company once who were selling image management software23:38
AlexCWhat software?23:38
AlexCCameleo23:39
AlexC?23:39
soundrayThey were aiming to make it HL7 compliant, but went bust before they could :)23:39
AlexCI see23:39
AlexCI am waiting for a rediologist to read an MRI I had today23:39
AlexCon my right medial malleolus23:40
soundrayOh -- nothing bad I hope23:40
AlexCto rule out osteomyelitis23:40
soundrayBad twisted ankle?23:40
AlexCI have an ulcer that has fusarium fungus in it23:40
soundrayNasty23:41
AlexCMy infectious disease doctor wants to be sure it is not in the bone before she prescrribes mefs23:41
AlexCMy infectious disease doctor wants to be sure it is not in the bone before she prescrribes meds23:41
AlexCI hope not23:41
soundrayI bet the med students are all keen to see you23:41
AlexCI saw the images - there were no obvious lights or dark spots on the malleolus that I could see23:41
AlexCBut I am not a doctor23:42
AlexCI just make it a point to understand things about my body (and others)23:42
soundrayIt would be rare for a fungal ulcer to penetrate into the bone23:42
AlexCI was a pre-veteranary student when I got stupid and got married23:42
AlexCThat's encouraging23:42
AlexCMy ID dr is just being through23:43
AlexCMy ID dr is just being thorough23:43
soundrayID?23:43
AlexCI also play keyboards in a Yes triburte band23:43
soundray:)23:44
AlexC(www.x-med/com/MP3/23:44
AlexCthere is an instrumental version of Close To The Edge there23:44
AlexC(www.x-med.com/MP3/23:44
AlexCWell, I must be on my way. It has been a pleasure talking to you23:45
soundrayAgain, sorry I couldn't really help23:45
AlexCThanks for trying. :) Bye23:45
soundrayIt's worth going down the initialization route once more23:46
soundrayvga=79223:46
soundrayGood luck!23:46
AlexCWhat do you hope this will accomplish?23:46
AlexCI suspect the problem is with the adapter, not the monitor23:46
AlexCGood night23:47

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