Newbie with monitor Problems

[dmouse]

Hi There,

My monitor gets a black blank screen with "out of range" error message, but only when I play 3 of my games. I can play the trail versions off of some websites, but cannot play the same games off of other websites. I bought the full games which are now causing this problem. I know the easy answer is don't play the games, but if there is a way to fix this I would love to know. When I get the blank screen and the " out of range" message I cannot get to my controlls so I have to try " escape" or Alt, Tab failing that I need to use  " Alt,Control, Delete" as this is the only way I can get a picture back.sometimes that doesn't work so I have to switch the computer off from the wall socket which I hate to do. I have re-set the monitors colour and resolution lower, but that didn't help.
Sorry it's long winded
Dmouse

[Rob Pomeroy]

Your monitor can't cope with the resolution settings that the games are asking of it.  DO those games have a configuration program?  If so, you may be able to lower the resolution before you play.  If not, you'll probably get better results with a newer monitor.  Did you check the game specs?  Do they require a minimum resolution?  DOes your monitor support that resolution?

[Wampus]

 >:(I'm very frustrated. For some reason, I cannot get an rpm package to extract where I tell it to. I keep getting this message:

"Could not open "XFCom_i810-1.2-3.i386.rpm"

Archive type not supported."

I'm running ubuntu linux on a Dell Optiplex GX150. The package I'm trying to open (no matter how or where I download it from) is the intel 815E video driver. I need it because ubuntu cannot resize my desktop to any lager than 640X480p @60Hz!  Please help! I can't see everything on screen, and I did this before, even if it is not working now

[Rob Pomeroy]

Wampus, please start a new thread in the correct forum (Linux, in this case) rather than hijacking this thread.