Comments on: How to increase the screen resolutions available to Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) while running in Parallels Desktop

By: Sandwich Stealer

Sandwich Stealer — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:59:05 +0000

I’m using Ubuntu 9.04, an ibm pc and an older monitor that can’t be recognized. To get it off the default 800×600 setting I did the following:

- used the text from the original post
- deleted the resolutions i didn’t need, that is i only wanted 1024×768 in the Monitor and Screen sections
- increased HorizSync 28-40 to 28-100 and VertRefresh 43-60 to 43-75 so it would appear in the Display setting drop down menu

By: Hey

Hey — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:02:57 +0000

Hi,
I’m not an expert, but I’m trying this on my 9.04 Ubuntu in Virtualbox on an iMac 24″.
I’d like the 1920×1200 res. but with this method it only goes to 1152×864… (it was max 800×600 before!)
Could anyone help? Thanks a lot

By: Ari

Ari — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:24:00 +0000

Great instructions… Thank you very much..
God bless you…

By: Marty

Marty — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:00:40 +0000

Thanks for this guide. I’d looked round various sites to resolve the problem to no avail until I followed your guide here. It all worked! Good stuff

Marty

By: Kamal Shah

Kamal Shah — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:03:39 +0000

I have Parallels build 3214. I don’t want to upgrade. I have Ubuntu 8.10. None of the above solutions work for me. Any ideas anyone?

By: jim

jim — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:04:10 +0000

ATTENTION MACBOOK PRO USERS: Here is the Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex xorg.conf file you can use! I am not talking out of my ass here, it is working right now (parallels 5124). The text listed on the above page is old and no longer works with the new release of Ubuntu, in my Macbook esperience.

Here goes: THIS WORKS FOR ME, I AM NOT ACTING COOL AND PRETENDING I KNOW WITHOUT TRYING:
# 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.
#
# 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 “InputDevice”
Identifier “Generic Keyboard”
Driver “kbd”
Option “XkbRules” “xorg”
Option “XkbModel” “pc105″
Option “XkbLayout” “us”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Identifier “Configured Mouse”
Driver “mouse”
Option “CorePointer”
EndSection

Section “Device”
Identifier “Parallels”
Driver “vesa”
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
Identifier “MacbookPro”
HorizSync 31.5 – 100
VertRefresh 59.0 – 75.0
Modeline “1440×900_60.0″ 106.47 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -HSync +Vsync
EndSection

Section “Screen”
Identifier “Screen 1″
Device “Parallels”
Monitor “MacbookPro”
DefaultDepth 16
Subsection “Display”
Depth 16
Modes “1440×900″
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection

By: jim

jim — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:59:20 +0000

Can we plz get an update to this page? Ubuntu 8.10 is out now. This procedure does not work with it. THanks.

PS – this procedure did work for me for Ubuntu 8.04. But the same xorg.conf file does not work for 8.10. So this needs to be updates as was done in the past.

By: rohan

rohan — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:04:19 +0000

Well true it might be issue with parallels.
In Ubuntu after installing restricted drivers at command line type
gksu displayconfig -gtk
enter your password
choose your monitor model and resolution from plug and play
and then log off — there you go fixed resolution — easy as XP .

By: Ross McKillop

Ross McKillop — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:34:02 +0000

@Ap

To be fair, this is more of a Parallels issue than it is an Ubuntu issue. If you install Ubuntu directly onto a machine, rather than via Parallels, VMware, Virtualbox etc, changing desktop resolutions is as easy as it is w/ Windows/Mac.

By: Ap

Ap — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:31:24 +0000

This is exactly why Ubuntu is useless for a normal user.

in XP you can always change screen resolution easily.
Why is this option blocked in Ubuntu.

After installing Ubuntu the screem image is half out of yhe frame.
So completely useless…

By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:34:18 +0000

I tried this on my iMac forever and couldn’t get any results, until I installed Build 5624 and Parallels-Tools. (Parallels-Tools will give you an error when trying to install on Build 5608).. Here’s the link.

http://download.parallels.com/stuff/Parallels-Desktop-5624-Mac-en.dmg

By: rohan golwalkar

rohan golwalkar — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:25:16 +0000

Brilliant superb rocking — it fixed the issue i get the right resolution
Thanks a ton
Rohan

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:53:46 +0000

I have tried this multiple times with no luck. Below is my setup:
-MacBook Pro 17″
-Max Resolution 1920×1200
-Parallels 3.x
-Ubuntu 8

-I have tried the original conf file that was posted, this got me up to 1024×768.
-I have tried the gnome controller option.
-I tried the reconfigured conf file posted in the comments, this seems to break everything and my max resolution is 800×600.

I’m really hoping someone has some ideas for help. I am excited to try Ubuntu but am getting to frustrated.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

By: Dez

Dez — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:26:57 +0000

Thanks so much, worked like a charm on my Benq LCD mintor

your a legend

By: nahkiainen

nahkiainen — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:44:12 +0000

These doesn’t work with my MBP. Parallels 3.0 (5608).