up/down arrow was (Re: New Laptop help desired)

[Michael Havens]

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
> :-(