MisterWebNet

I got so sick of Vista I installed ubuntu on my Advent 9415 laptop. I'd have done it a lot sooner but the better half of me and the half that controls the food was 'used' to vista and had no clue what linux, unix, ubuntu or any other those nasty terms was. Eventually I could bear it no longer. Even at the risk of having to cook for myself I wiped the harddrive clean and installed Ubuntu...only to be met with a screen resolution stuck on 800x600.

After much fiddling about and downloading drivers from the SIS site, nothing was working until I came across this forum post telling me I should insert "HorizSync 30-107 VertRefresh 50-185" into the Monitor section of my xorg.conf file.

Which sounds just dandy, right? The xorg.conf file can be found at

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

To edit it type (note the capital 'X' in X11):

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

My problem was it was a blank file. No xorg.conf file existed meaning I had no idea how where to insert the monitor refresh rate above. After much poking and installing I eventually ended up with the following xorg.conf file which I reproduce below. Hope it helps someone!

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Device"
Identifier    "Configured Video Device"
Driver "sisimedia"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier    "Configured Monitor"
HorizSync 30-107
VertRefresh 50-185
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier    "Default Screen"
Monitor        "Configured Monitor"
Device        "Configured Video Device"
EndSection