Skip to main content

Mengatasi Masalah VGA Lama Pada Ubuntu Jaunty : Kasus VGA Onboard SiS Klasik


Contoh file konfigurasi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Perbesar Screenshot

Ubuntu agak sedikit kurang bersahabat dengan hardware lama! Hahahahaha! Ya! Kadang saya berkesimpulan seperti itu. Salah satu kasusnya adalah terjadi pada PC saya. Mari kita simak!


Spesifikasi PC saya adalah :

Intel PIV 2,4 GHz

Mem 512 MB

Onboard VGA SiS (model entah, kurang paham detil model)

Monitor 17” max res 1280x1024 pix


Permasalahan yang cukup membuat sedih adalah onboard VGA SiS klasik saya tidak terdeteksi. Alhasil, resolusi layar yang disajikan ubuntu Hardy, Intrepid dan Jaunty hanya mencapai maksimal 1024x768 pixel. Padahal, monitor saya bisa menampilkan maksimal resolusi 1280x1024 pixel. Saya sedih, karena saya sangat suka bekerja dengan resolusi desktop yang besar. Area kerja desktop jadi terkesan lega :D


Kenapa saya hanya bilang Ubuntu, karena pada (segala versi) Mandriva Linux, Onboard VGA SiS klasik saya terdeteksi dengan sempurna. Saya menemui permasalahan ini pada Ubuntu dan Fedora.


Lalu bagaimana?


Usut di usut, ternyata Ubuntu versi lama, yaitu mulai 7.10 (Gutsy) ke bawah, masih bisa mengenali onboard VGA SiS saya dengan sangat sempurna. Wah, dapatlah ide. Saya boot liveCD Ubuntu Gutsy, dan saya copy-paste kan file /etc/X11/xorg.conf milik Ubuntu Gutsy ke dalam sistem Ubuntu Hardy, dan berhasil 100 % ! :D


Namun ternyata namun, trik tersebut tidak berhasil pada Ubuntu Jaunty Jackapole 9.04. Walaupun saya menggunakan file konfigurasi /etc/X11/xorg.conf milik Ubuntu Gutsy, tetap saja tidak bekerja dan bahkan xserver error! Aduuuuuh!


Setelah saya kembalikan konfigurasi /etc/X11/xorg.conf Ubuntu Jaunty ke awal, dan saya lihat isinya, ternyata kita memang harus meng-edit secara manual file tersebut, dengan memasukan nilai-nilai yang sudah ada.


Karena saya tidak paham, saya hanya meng-copy string dan nilai yang ada di file konfigurasi Ubuntu Gutsy dan saya paste-kan di baris-baris konfigurasi /etc/X11/xorg.conf Ubuntu Jaunty.


$ sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf


Gambar di atas adalah contoh baris konfigurasi file /etc/X11/xorg.conf Ubuntu Jaunty Jackapole 9.04 yang bekerja sempurna di PC saya. Bagi anda yang mempunyai spesifikasi berbeda, silahkan di sesuaikan. Bagian paling krusial tentu ada pada section screen, yaitu memasukan resolusi maksimal monitor kita. Manakala kita tak paham detil merek monitor, ganti saja dengan 'Generic Monitor', karena yang terpenting ada pada section 'screen'.


Setelah di perubahan di save, kita harus reboot komputer. Dan jadilah kita memiliki desktop dengan resolusi maksimal.


Satu hal yang mesti diperhatikan adalah, jika ternyata sistem tidak mengenali 'utak-atik' kita, xserver tidak akan bekerja dan kita tidak akan di bawa ke modus GUI dan hanya ada login shell hitam! Jangan panik! :D


Jika itu terjadi, login saja. Masukan nama dan password anda, kemudian jalankan perintah ini :


$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg


Konfigurasi akan di kembalikan ke default, dan jalankan kembali xserver, dengan mengetik :


$ startx


Kemudian coba utak-atik lagi, dan semoga saja berhasil, karena saya pun berhasil melakukannya dalam dua kali utak-atik saja ^_^


Begitulah sedikit pengalaman dari saya, selamat ber-Linux! Hidup IGOS ! :D


Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Ubuntu Kylin 19.04 Review : A Gorgeous Windows 10 Clone

It's been quite a while since the last post I wrote in this blog. My daily life prevents me to write another stuff about Linux Desktop, and now I'm curious to take a look to the Ubuntu Kylin 19.04. Ubuntu is always be my favorite distro. It supports huge number of hardwares, it has probably the largest Linux software repository. It is also --the most important thing-- very easy to install, even for beginners.  But for some couple of years, because of technical reason, I stopped to play around with the Ubuntu releases. I stood for KDE Neon and became my primary OS because of its simplicity and the look. Few days ago Ubuntu has released its newer version, Ubuntu 19.04 codenamed Disco Dingo. I'm yes impressed by the progress Ubuntu developer has made, especially the way they arrange the GNOME desktop to match the Ubuntu theme. But the most interesting flavor of this release is Ubuntu Kylin. It's an official Ubuntu flavor, designed for Chinese People with its own...

How To Speed Up Your KDE Plasma Desktop (KDE4)

KDE is one of the oldest desktop environment in Linux. While GNOME (the other desktop that as old as KDE) is trying to built its own style of user interface, KDE from the beginning seems to mimics the Microsoft Windows' "classic" user interface. Thus, KDE has its own user base, especially for them who still in love with the Windows' philosophy : a simple desktop, with a single taskbar in the bottom, and a start menu in the left. Personally, I love KDE. It's gorgeous and eyecandy. But sometimes, I feel KDE is little bit slow in my older hardwares. So, after some experiences, I've found some tweak how to make KDE Plasma Desktop Runs Faster . 1. Change The Compositing Engine  Go to System Settings>Desktop Effect>Advanced , and change the Compositing type from OpenGL 2.0 to XRender. 2. Remove All Bloatware Apps There are some uneeded apps installed in Kubuntu (my favorite KDE distro) and you could safely remove them. Here are my list : ...

BAM Huawei Mobile Partner For Linux. Download and Install.

Click to enlarge Profile management Broadband connection is one of the most used internet connections, alongside wired and wi-fi internet connection. And the most used device to use broadband connection is USB Modem (GSM/CDMA), and one of the most used brands is Huawei, a world-recognized Chinese manufacture that focuses to produce great networking devices (modems, router etc). It is probably the most popular brand from China and I have to say that Huawei is a great product. Because of this I decided to buy a CDMA USB modem from Huawei. And greatly, this has already been recognized by Linux from so long time ago and so I can use the modem easily with GNOME's Network Manager. But later I found a problem : how to top up my prepaid internet account? To top up my prepaid internet account, I have to send a SMS to the provider and I can't do this on Linux. With forced, I temporarily used Mobile Partner application on Windows to buy / top up my prepaid internet account. ...