Ubuntu installs

[Bob98SR5]

Hi all,

Sorry folks, I have been not active as of late. Lots of stuff going on.

For grins and giggles, I installed Ubuntu on an oooold Dell laptop. Trouble is, I didn't really do my homework :hillbill: So right now, the screen is split into thirds (vertically). therefore, it is impossible to see the menu structure.

So anyone here familiar with Ubuntu? Lee? I believe you installed Ubuntu on a Dell Mini. I'd like to post up some questions, but I gotta dig up my computer model, whats happening, etc.

Thanks,
Bob

[Seanz0rz]

thats a weird one. never had that happen to me.

i cant offer much help to your question. pardon me for being seriously off topic. i saw that sce finally moved into innovation village at cal poly. you part of that bob?

[Bob98SR5]

sean,

yeah, i may be moving there provided i land a job that i believe should be posting soon. should be nice place to work :)

[slomatt]

Bob,

I do a lot of Ubuntu server management (we have several dozen of them), but do not deal with the windows interface at all. That said, here's a post of someone who had a similar "triple window" problem and was able to solve it.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=187687

- Matt

[Bob98SR5]

matt,

thanks so much for the link. i'll check it out and hopefully i can get this resolved using the info.

much appreciated, bob

[Lee]

Bob, is this ubuntu 8 or 9?

[Lee]

I just read over the solution matt posted and i bet that will work

I was going to suggest figuring out if the video driver was supported, but looks like that small edit is the way to go.

[Bob98SR5]

lee, it is 9.10, the latest version i see on the website. i'm going to give the solution about a go this weekend.