Ubuntu help?

[blueblur121]

I recently installed ubuntu 12.04 on my desktop computer, but when I boot it up the bios does its thing and then I get a black screen with

The current input timing is not supported by the monitor display.
Please change your input timing to 2048x1152@60Hz or any other monitor
listed timing as per the monitor specifications.

in the middle of it.

That really sucks for me because I don't have another monitor nor do I have a way to change the resolution to something lower than it is currently.

Any ideas?

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[Nikolan]

Uh, does Ubuntu boot at all? Cause it might be possible to just Ctrl+Alt+F1 and login from tty1 or something

[blueblur121]

Uh, does Ubuntu boot at all? Cause it might be possible to just Ctrl+Alt+F1 and login from tty1 or something

I don't know if it is booting. The monitor isn't doing anything because ubuntu is outputting an input timing that is too much for my monitor to display. I have no way to fix this currently as my monitor is not displaying anything from the computer. I need a way that does not involve needing to see what is on the screen.

[dorkdotdan]

You don't need to change the resolution, just the refresh rate. There should be a setting for that in your monitor.

[blueblur121]

You don't need to change the resolution, just the refresh rate. There should be a setting for that in your monitor.

Oh, ok. How do I change my monitor's settings?

Here's the monitor in question if that helps.
http://www.dell.com/us/p/dell-sp2309wfp/pd

[dorkdotdan]

richard around in the settings, if there is a display option, go there. What your looking for is something measured in hertz (Hz) and try multiple ones, you should probably have it at 50 or 60Hz.

[blueblur121]

The only button on my monitor is the power button.

[dorkdotdan]

I highly doubt your monitor doesn't have settings.

Look on the back.

[blueblur121]

I found a button. It switches between digital input, brown townog input, and HDMI input. No settings tho.

[tails]

Have you tried taking it out and putting it back in?

People also say you can change the settings in xorg.conf.

Resetting an out-of-range resolution

If you set a resolution inappropriate for your monitor in the Screen Resolution GUI tool, you can reset it from a terminal by running

    $ rm ~/.config/monitors.xml

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution

[blueblur121]

Okay, I fixed it by booting into recovery mode which allowed me to use a failsafe graphics mode. (SUPER low resolution and all that) After that, I manually installed the drivers for my graphics card and rebooted. It ran perfectly.

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