Laptop Graphics

Graphics Resource Links for Laptops:

* Understanding Notebook Video - How to Choose the Proper Display on a Notebook

How to fix the 3 part screen in Dell Inspiron 8000 series in Hardy: This is also useful as a start point for similar problems with other laptops.

Open the terminal Run sudo displayconfig-gtk Select the correct model for Screen 1 (usually the system manufacturer + native resolution) Set the resolution to the monitor's native resolution Click the OK button Log out Press Ctrl + Alt + F1 to switch to a virtual terminal Run sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf Find the Virtual line under Section "Screen" Change the virtual resolution to the native resolution Press Ctrl + O to save, and Ctrl + X to exit. Run sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart to restart GDM

How to fix the graphic issues (blanking screen in Dell Inspiron 1100 series in Lucid Lynx (10.04): This is also useful as a start point for similar problems with other laptops with the intel 845/855GM graphics cards. Download this file Media:dell-fix.pdf rename it to dell-fix.sh make it executable by running chmod +x dell-fix.sh (make sure you are in the same directory as you downloaded it to). run it as sudo bash dell-fix.sh

Note the latest version of 10.04 contains this fix built in

if uname -r returns

2.6.37-graphics2+12-generic

you do not need to install this fix