ray <ray@zianet.com> writes:

> On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:15:16 -0800, es330td******.com wrote:
>
>> Recently I was given 15 circa 2001 Compaq iPaq desktop computers. The
>> specs are PIII/733, 256MB, 10GB, CD or DVD. Integrated 10BaseT, video,
>> etc. I decided that I would use them to try out several different
>> OSes so I could compare them side by side.
>>
>> XP? No problem.
>> Win 2K3? No problem.
>>
>> Ubuntu 7.1? Install went smoothly. Wait a second, how come my screen
>> choices only go as high as 800x600? XP is running at 1024x768 so I
>> *know* the card supports that resolution. I start doing a little
>> research and find out that I have the i810 chipset and out of the box
>> Linux won't support this. Hmm, why not? Windows does. I go find the
>> necessary files to add the driver to my OS. I open up nano and
>> edit .config files as instructed. No joy. Even after a reboot I
>> still can't go higher than 800x600. F*ck it.
>
> There is no Ubuntu 7.1.

Possibly AV3 could post his weekly reminder to this newsgroup too? His
work in educating people about the Ubuntu version system would surely
pay dividends here too?

*titter*