Comments on: Fix for video problem on the Dell Latitude C600/C500

By: Joe C

Joe C — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:38:16 +0000

Having a different issue and need some help. My machine works fine in windows environment with no display issues. I loaded Ubunu 10.4 and now have a split screen going on. Tested the drivers again using a windows rescue disk and no issues with lcd or card. Any ideas? Could it be the system bios. I checked the iso and no problems with the disk. Any ideas would be appreciated.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:41:19 +0000

Also worked on my Dell Latitude C600 with Xubuntu 10.04

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:05:31 +0000

Many Thanks! Work perfectly on my Dell Latitude C600 with Ubuntu 10.10. Best Regards

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:33:40 +0000

Worked a treat for me with Ubuntu 10.04, many thanks for this fix.

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:51:58 +0000

Thanks! It worked perfectly on my computer too.

By: hebz0rl

hebz0rl — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:39:38 +0000

im trying to use this in fedora 13 but it doesnt work any suggestions?

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 18 May 2010 21:22:14 +0000

Works in xubuntu 10.04 also. Thanks.

By: RT

RT — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:40:58 +0000

For anyone who sees this and wonders if it will still work with 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx - the answer is yes I just did it.

BIG thanks to all who contributed to this.

By: ken

ken — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:10:24 +0000

solved my problem using the
sudo wget http://www.ubuntugeek.com/images/xorgconf.txt string

thanks..

Ken

By: Jylppy

Jylppy — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:47:54 +0000

Thanks, this worked for me!

By: ds

ds — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:06:00 +0000

ace, the screen wasn’t very practical at 800×600. Your easy to follow solution has breathed new life into this old laptop.

By: sm

sm — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:29:20 +0000

Thanks a bunch. It also works on Dell Inspiron 8000

By: MrMike

MrMike — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:08:08 +0000

Thanks…this worked great for an old Dell C600 that now has new use. I was getting tired of “moving the screen around” to read a web page.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:12:15 +0000

Best I can tell something’s changed since older releases. I too have the horizontal “sync” problem as well as the resolution issue. Unfortunately not a lot of free time to mess with it at this time…

By: Georges MOMO

Georges MOMO — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:54:43 +0000

hi
i have ubuntu 9.10 but want i install him on my c600,at boot i have image with some horizontal touble.

By: Chris Martin

Chris Martin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:56:17 +0000

This also works in 9.10 for me. The only difference is that it was still in 800×600 after I restarted. I had to go into preferences>display to set the resolution to 1024×768.

By: Jens

Jens — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:11:05 +0000

It did not work for me either (kubuntu 9.10) and ended up having to reinstall 9.10 again to get back to a working resolution. I have a 1 Ghz 512meg c600. I’ll work in the lower resolution until I figure out how to get this working, It was fine under 8.10.

By: martin

martin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:27:34 +0000

works fine on xubuntu 9.10 for me, on an old c600. So not sure why you are running into difficulties. But have a look at the “credit” thread referenced in the original post - various possibilities there maybe.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:13:19 +0000

Tried putting it in /etc/X11 but still no luck after reboot. Checked file name spelling very carefully. Created a copy in all the directories (that exist) mentioned in the xorg.conf man page. Still no luck.

Do I need to install an older version of Ubuntu? Would the netbook remix help, or is it pretty much the same?

By: martin

martin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:09:40 +0000

Perfect - did the job after a fruitless few hours hacking around. Many thanks indeed.

PS to Tom above - 9.10 doesn’t give you xorg.conf as default but it should work fine if you just copy the .txt file as xorg.conf into etc/X11.