Ubuntu Dapper fullscreen on MBP 15" not working

milomindrbindr · May 12, 2006

Hi,

Ive been reading the forums and never really found an answer to this question: I went into the prefs and checked to not change the mac osx screen resolution, which worked great for my xp vm, but when i attempt to put ubuntu dapper into full screen, i get a small screen surrounded by all black. if anything, i think the OS screen is smaller than when it is not in fullscreen. The screen resolution inside of ubuntu is set to 1024x768, but it definitely doesn't get close to getting that big when i try to go full screen, if anything, i think it goes to 800x600 or maybe smaller.

Has anyone else encountered this problem? Thanks for the help. Oh yeah, I'm running dapper drake and parallels beta 6 with 2 gb of ram and 2.0ghz.

Steven Jomiel · Jun 5, 2006

Is everyone else getting the text-mode install with Ubuntu, or just me?

I never get far enough (using server 6.06) to try and run the desktop full-screen, but I am wondering if it could be related to why I can't get the startup installation to be happy with the 'virtual' video, I get a quick error about the framebuffer that goes by so fast I can't read it, then I'm stuck with the text-mode install.

pogi · Jun 5, 2006

You have to edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to include the 1440x900 or whatever resolution is full screen for your mac. You'll see a list of resolutions and color depth settings inside that file. jsut add the "1440x900" to the lines, save and reboot. be sure to set your permissions up correctly.

psychoboogie · Jun 5, 2006

otherwise if you run the alternate ubuntu iso, it will get to the xorg section go to 1440 x 900 and hit the spacebar to select.

then you should be all set.

once installed check out automatix. installs a slew of useful programs one click. pretty much

http://digg.com/linux_unix/Automatix_6.1_available_for_Dapper_and_Breezy

gblakeman · Jun 7, 2006

1440x900 is the only option in my xorg.conf file and yet i'm somehow stuff on 1280x800 with only the option to go lower. Any ideas? I'd prefer not to have to download the alternate and reinstall...

suntzu · Jun 7, 2006

I got weird resolution problems, I can get the 1440 x 900 resolution but I can't change it to anything else (for Windowed Mode). It justs logs out and nothing changes.

Jon · Jun 7, 2006

milomindrbindr said:
Hi,

Ive been reading the forums and never really found an answer to this question: I went into the prefs and checked to not change the mac osx screen resolution, which worked great for my xp vm, but when i attempt to put ubuntu dapper into full screen, i get a small screen surrounded by all black. if anything, i think the OS screen is smaller than when it is not in fullscreen. The screen resolution inside of ubuntu is set to 1024x768, but it definitely doesn't get close to getting that big when i try to go full screen, if anything, i think it goes to 800x600 or maybe smaller.

Has anyone else encountered this problem? Thanks for the help. Oh yeah, I'm running dapper drake and parallels beta 6 with 2 gb of ram and 2.0ghz.

Have a look here .. http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=2350&highlight=ubuntu

that might solve your problem =).

dialo · Jun 8, 2006

So has anyone gotten this working? If so, could you please post your xorg.conf file along with your VM memory setting?

The best I am able to do is get 1440x900 at the splash screen, but when I try to log in it just brings me back to the splash screen.

I have the same issue with GNOME in Fedora Core 5.

FYI, my memory setting is 512 or less. I won't boot with any more.

edit: I've gotten it working and posted the info here

trygve · Jun 9, 2006

Strange. Running through the alternate installer, I selected 1440x900 as one of the supported resolutions, and everything else "just worked". I'm surprised others are having so much trouble.