Re: [libreoffice-users] do not upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 with standard resolution widescreen monitor

Hi :)
If you upgrade stops you from using the machine there are some interesting 
tricks possibly unique to Ubuntu that allow you to revert to a previous release 
without having to re-format and hence help you avoid losing data.  I seem to be 
the only person in the entire world that knows the trick despite the number of 
times i have helped people do this in forums.  I don't know why people ignore or 
forget the trick, i can't really be the only one right?
Regards from
Tom :)




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From: webmaster for Kracked Press Productions <webmaster@krackedpress.com>
To: users@libreoffice.org
Sent: Mon, 2 May, 2011 16:07:25
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] do not upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 with standard 
resolution widescreen monitor


The problem was when the upgrade from 10.10 to 11.04, it did not get too 
the "Ubuntu" splash screen before the resolution error happened.  I did 
not have this type of trouble when going from 9.04 to 9.10, 10.04, and 
10.10.  It must be that with the change to Unity desktop, the changed 
the defaults.  I remember that it use to default at 800x600 till I set 
the monitor to the actual size.  Now it seems it goes much larger than 
that.  I think my Acer is somewhere about 1280 x 738 - or there abouts.  
1280 x 800 is 16:10 [laptop], but my Acer widescreen monitor is 16:9.

So, I will be saving my .mozilla and .thunderbird files and when I get 
the desktop put back together and 10.10 back on it, I will start 
rebuilding it.  Have a lot of stuff to reinstall and setup.  At least 
now I have an USB device to take the SATA drive from the desktop and 
save all the up-to-date dot folders and data file to my external that 
did not get on the backups.  I have only 60 gig out of 1,000 gig 
external, and 3 data partitions on the internal that are almost stuffed 
full.  Got to buy a second internal soon.

On 05/02/2011 09:53 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
>
> Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is the recommended release for crucial machines that you 
don't
> want to upgrade too often.  The LTSes only need upgrading about every 2-3 
> years.
>
> The 6monthly releases are fun to try but often have experimental features and
> the 11.04 is an extreme example of that.  On most systems you might need to
> logout or at login click on the user-name and then look at the bottom of the
> screen to change "Session type" from "Ubuntu" to "Classic".  The "Classic"
> session is the familiar Gnome Desktop Environment.
>
>
> Typcally if the resolution is higher than physical screen size then the 
> keyboard
> arrow keys, perhaps with Ctrl or Alt, help you move the area of the screen 
> being
> shown.
>
>
> To be honest it sounds as though you need to install the correct driver for 
the
> graphics card.  I'm not sure how to find it but perhaps through booting into
> "recovery mode" then choose "fix x-server" you might be able to nudge it into
> sorting it all out for you.
>
> Good luck and regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: webmaster for Kracked Press Productions<webmaster@krackedpress.com>
> To: "users@libreoffice.org"<users@libreoffice.org>
> Sent: Mon, 2 May, 2011 14:41:00
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] do not upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 with standard
> resolution widescreen monitor
>
>
> I am warning people.
> Ubuntu 11.04 uses a default monitor resolution that is greater than
> the max I have for my LCD wide screen monitor.
>
> It does not remember what you used for 10.4 or 10.10.
> So you will get an "Unsupported Input" error on the monitor, if you monitor 
> does
> have that messaging system like Acer does.
>
> I have moved all my files from my internal to external and using my Vista 
> laptop
> as a duel boot to Ubuntu 10.10, till I get a change to fix the issue on the
> desktop.  Had to take it apart to get the must up to date stuff off the 
> internal
> drive.
>
> So untill I figure out how to get the install of 11.04 to not go beyond my max
> resolution of my widescreen monitor, I will have to keep to 10.10.
>
>
>
>
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