Ubuntu 8.04

had a clean install of Ubuntu 8.04 desktop today on my nx8220 laptop. everything went smooth but still have problem with dual display. If I us generic video driver, then I was able to give different resolution setting to my laptop and external monitor but the problem is it show both of the display are overlapping each other, i was not able to make the external monitor as an extension to the laptop display.

Then I enable the ATI driver, things get even worst, startup no display (can be solved), then the external display is only allow to work in clone mode and the resolution is limited to my laptop resolution which is 1280x800.

No choice, I was lazy to debug and just revert to the generic driver, at least i can set the external monitor to 1280x1024.

Ubuntu Dual display

I found following link which may help to solve my dual display problem on nx8220.

http://hobbylobby.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/dual-monitors-in-ubuntu-xorgconf-driver-ati-card/

I'll try out tomorrow.....

Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Effects

Finally, the desktop effect is working on nx8220 based on the guide provided by following link:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=585045

here is the command:

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Skip down to the bottom and find the lines like this:

Code:

Section "Extensions"
       Option          "Composite"     "0"
EndSection

it may say "disable" rather than "0". Change the 0 or disable to 1 so it reads:

Code:

Section "Extensions"
       Option          "Composite"     "1"
EndSection

Code:

sudo apt-get install xserver-xgl

logout and login again.

Code:

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

Configure Ubuntu startup

If the startup screen resolution is incorrect, it can be fixed by using startupmanager.

sudo apt-get install startupmanager
sudo startupmanager

The vga modes are:
hex:
| 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
----+-------------------------------------
256 | 0x101 0x103 0x105 0x107
32k | 0x110 0x113 0x116 0x119
64k | 0x111 0x114 0x117 0x11A
16M | 0x112 0x115 0x118 0x11B

dec:
| 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
----+-------------------------------------
256 | 257 259 261 263
32k | 272 275 278 281
64k | 273 276 279 282
16M | 274 277 280 283

VESA:
Colors (depth) 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200
---------------+-------+-------+--------+---------+---------
256 ( 8 bit)| 769 771 773 775 796
32,768 (15 bit)| 784 787 790 793 797
65,536 (16 bit)| 785 788 791 794 798
16.8M (24 bit)| 786 789 792 795 799