I need help resolving a screen resolution problem. I have Ubuntu 7.04 loaded on a Dell Dimension L700cx system. It is a single boot. I am using a Princeton VL1918 monitor. The only screen resolution available is 640 X 480. The Dell uses the 810E chip set and according to the documentation, has the following resolutions available: 640 X480, 800 X 600, 1024 X 768. 1152 X 864, 1280 X 1024 and 1600 X 1200. The monitor synchronization is 31 to 81 Hz horizontal and 56 to 75 Hz vertical. The ergo. Resolution is 1280 X 1024. I have attempted to use sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg to no avail. Below are the answers to the screens that appear while running xserver.
1. xserver driver vesa is highlighted OK
2. Generic video card OK
3. OK
4. Video cards bus identifier is PCI:0:1:0 OK
5. OK
6. No
7. Autodetect keyboard Yes
8. US keyboard OK
9. Leave xorg chosen OK
10. Keyboard type OK
11. pc105 shows. I changed to pc101 OK
12. OK
13. OK
14. OK
15. OK
16. OK
17. Mouse Port leave at /dev/input/mice OK
18. Mouse Protocol ImPS/2 OK
19. 3 Button emulation No I have 3 button mouse
20. OK
21. bitmap, ddc, dri, extmod, freetype, glx, int10, vbe OK
22. Yes
23. Attempt monitor autodetection Yes
24. Changed name to Princeton VL1918 OK
25. I chose: 1280X1024, 1152X864, 1024X768, 800X600, 640X480 OK
26. OK
27. Simple OK
28. 19-20 inches OK
29. No
30. 24 bit color depth OK
Entered sudo reboot
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