Monday, September 03, 2007

Resolved: Missing Resolutions in Ubuntu 7.xx

My Ubuntu machine is attached to my 32" LCD TV (a Westinghouse LTV-32w3). For the longest time my Ubuntu install would only show two resolutions - 640x480 and 800x600. I finally found a couple of good posts that helped me solve my problem.

If by chance you have the same TV with a similar problem, just add the following two lines to the "Monitor" section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf...
HorizSync 50-75
VertRefresh 60-75
It should look something like this when you're done...
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "LTV-27w6/32w"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 50-75
VertRefresh 60-75
EndSection
Here are the links...
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FixVideoResolutionHowto
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/3731
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/88131