I have an old dell inspiron 1100 laptop and I installed ubuntu 12.04.2 dual boot with windows xp. Everytime I log into ubuntu, the screen appears always on the left hand corner, never full. This laptop has the capacity to 1024 x 768, but always says 640 x 480. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but still the same errors. I thinking of installing 14.04 but I have the feeling that the same error will occur. I even tried downgrading to 7.04, but error with intel.
I even did a bios flash from A22 to A29, and nothing changed.
VGA compatible controller (0300):
Intel Corp 82845 G/GL (BROOKDALE)
Subsytem: dell Device (1024:0149)
Kernel modules: intelfb, i915
I have no idea what else to do. Please need guidance and step by step instructions. I like the feel of Ubuntu 12.04 as a desktop.
Intel pentium 4 2.20ghz
level 2 Cache: 512kb
System memory: 640 mb
video controller: intel 845GL
UMA video memory: 1 MB
Audio Controller: Sigmatel 9750
Modem controller: PCTel 2304WT