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[Michael Havens]

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On Sunday 03 February 2008 2:41 am, Michael Havens wrote:
> exactly how are those ascii characters created anyways? I used to know!
> Unfortunately, that (like most of the rest) are lost in te recesses of my
> mind! I know...... ask google! If I reply to this message I found it!
>
> On Saturday 02 February 2008 9:21 pm, Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote:
> > On Feb 2, 2008 1:02 PM, Carlton Brooks <linux at carltonbrooks.net> wrote:
> > > First the laptop has a 17" WXGA screen. It has a resolution of
> > > 1440x900. When Ubuntu is displayed on the desktop the tool bars only
> > > cover about 75% the width of the screen, though if a program is opened
> > > it covers the entire screen.
> > > I have gone into the xorg.conf to look at the settings and do not know
> > > what to change if anything to take advantage of the wide screen.
> >
> > First things first...
> >
> > Install the proper driver, if applicable
> > $ sudo restricted-manager
> >
> > Reconfigure Xorg:
> > $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
> >
> > Then, CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE.  Now, if the widscreen is still a problem,
> > look in the section for the resolutions like 1280x800 1024x768 or
> > 800x600, etc.  Place "1440x900" before the other resolutions, if in
> > fact your laptop really does support that resolution...
> >
> > > My second issue is that I have no sound. I have read in the forums that
> > > I possibly need to reconfigure the alsa drivers. I have attempted to do
> > > so based on the Ubuntu forum recommendation but no luck I get errors
> > > when attempting to compile and do a make install.
> >
> > If you have a link, maybe I can give you some advice before I stop
> > coding and my girlfriend comes over :-P  After that though, I'll be
> > away from my laptop and the code writing for the remainder of the
> > weekend...heh
> >
> > > Can anyone offer some direction to me.
> >
> > This way --> ... no no wait, <--- that way! ^? How can I do a down arrow
> >
> > :-(
>
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