On 05-Jun-07 16:03:08, Ted Harding wrote:
On 05-Jun-07 15:33:48, Chris G wrote:
I am trying to install Ubuntu 7.04 on a system for my mother in law.
It boots from the CD OK and works fine as a "Live CD" system.
However, when I start the 'Install' program to actually install on the hard disk the window the Install program opens is too large and can't be resized such that the important buttons at the bottom appear on the screen. Thus I can't progress the install.
Is this a problem that anyone else has seen? Any ideas on how to fix it?
-- Chris Green
The Ubuntu CD (at least both 6.06 and6.10, which I have) gives you a brief opportunity to tune various things when the inital "splash" screen comes up. For VGA resolution press F4.
But be poised: you have 30 seconds!
Hoping this helps, Ted.
I just tried the above on Ubuntu-6.10m and I don't think it would work, since while (set at 640x480) it made a distinct difference to the pre-X VGA screen, once the X screen came up it was (correctly) autodetected at 1024x768. So the VGA setting does not carry through to the X screen.
However (and it's not clear from your original query) you may have at the top of the X screen 3 buttons, one of which is "System". If you click on this, then "Preferences", then "Screen Resolution" you can change it. I tried this on my 1024x768 TFT monitor, and it worked (though the result was a bit ugly).
Or maybe Ubuntu 7.04 has changed its layout so that those 3 buttons are now at the bottom of (and therefore off) the screen? In which case you won't be able to follow the above, of course.
However, I groped around (stabbing blindly) for keyboard shortcuts, and discovered the folllowing:
Alt-F1 followed by Right-Arrow twice Equivalent to clicking on "System". Next:
Down-Arrow followed by Right-Arrow Equivalent to clicking on "Preferences". Next:
Down-Arrow 16 times Takes you toe "Screen Resolution".
Press Return and you get the dialogue box to change the resolution.
Maybe this will help! (Might be different for 7.10, though; you may need to try the LiveCD on another machine where you can see everything, just to check the details).
Hmmm! Ted.
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