stretched screen

[Michael Butash]

Go here, get the blob:

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx

Download to your home directory.

Enable f-lock, Hit Ctrl-Alt-F1, login, "sudo service lightdm stop" to 
kill the desktop, "sudo sh `ls ati*`", walk through it, reboot.

After reboot just go into system/properties in the ATI application and 
configure the display like windoze there.

Google "ati driver linux install" for more detail.  You can make 
packages as well that are more apt-friendly to update, but not sure mint 
is supported like ubuntu.

-mb


On 12/01/2011 11:02 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
> lspci says this about the video:
> 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 9804
>
> 'X.org video driver' is the only information I can find about the video
> driver
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Michael Butash <michael at butash.net
> <mailto:michael at butash.net>> wrote:
>
>     Drivers probably aren't working right and probing the right
>     resolutions from the display.  Check your drivers in
>     /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /var/log/Xorg.0.log.  What kind of video is
>     it?  If ati/nvidia, you'll want to install the proprietary blob
>     drivers to get any level of performance and features.
>
>     -mb
>
>
>
>     On 11/30/2011 08:44 PM, James Mcphee wrote:
>
>         xrandr --auto  ?
>
>         On Nov 30, 2011 8:37 PM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com
>         <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>
>         <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>
>             I was playing a game and after I closed the game the screen was
>             stretched. I tried 'system settings' but it was too basic. I
>         googled
>         'linux mint 12 screen stretch' But that didn't tell me anything...
>
>             Then I figured I would restart it and see if that would fix
>         it and
>             it did. Any idea how I can fix it without the restart?
>
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