[SWLUG] Result of fdisk -l

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For some reason Ubu' has set the screen refresh to 28Hz, which is lower 
than your screen can handle ("out of range"). Try Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get to 
a TTY login screen - this uses a different mode and should still work.

You can login and use xrandr to set the resolution in use by x 
(http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-adjust-screen-resolution-on-ubuntu.html) 
, it only lasts for this session. Then use Ctrl+Alt+F7 to flick back to 
X and you should see your Ubuntu desktop, or at least GDM's login dialog.

To make it permanent you can add the xrandr line that works to your 
~/.xprofile or to kdm or gdm config files. Though once you've got to 
Gnome you should just use the utilities to set it right.

xorg.conf in Ubu' is a sparse file now I think, but I gather you can 
still set resolution there to be used, YMMV.

You may also be able to just do Ctrl+Alt+NumpadPlus or NumpadMinus from 
your original point but I'd caution against this as it's possible to 
attempt to use modes that may damage your monitor (though for you it 
seems the monitor is designed to avoid this).

HTH.

pbhj


Hen Glowr wrote:
> Started up the pc and then entered the BIOS to change boot-sequence so 
> that the "Live CD" would load. The disk loaded but before the Ubuntu 
> screen appeared a screen full of different colors appeared for a few 
> seconds but other wise everything went well.
>
> Opened a terminal and typed: sudo fdisk -l and this was the output:
> ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x2527a2c7
>
>    Device Boot      Start         End          Blocks        Id  System
> /dev/sda1   *              1         1019         8185086     83  Linux
> /dev/sda2            1020        19457     148103235       5  Extended
> /dev/sda5            1020         1528          4088511     82 Linux 
> swap / Solaris
> /dev/sda6            1529        19457     144014661     83 Linux
> ubuntu at ubuntu:~$
>
> So i took a chance and tried to install Ubuntu and everything appeared 
> to go well. I did select the option to "use entire disk" and that was it.
>
> But when the installation had finished i was told to remove the "live 
> CD" from the tray and click on enter, which i did. I also during the 
> restart took the opportunity to change the boot-sequence back so that 
> the new OS would load from the hard drive.
>
> Upon restart everything was going great. The Ubuntu screen and the 
> progress bar appeared along with the words: routine ch. Which lasted 
> for about 30 seconds. Then this disapeared to be replaced in the 
> bottom left of the screen with the words:
>
> Analog RGB
> 1280 x 1024 / 28hz
> Out of Range and that was it! 
>
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