Need help with Xorg.conf and resolutions

paperless · 09-12-2005, 09:15 AM

Hey, this is my first day and post here.

I need help ( wow, im sure you didnt know that ) because when i was installing ubuntu i didnt configure resolutions correctly and didnt know how to check 1280x1024 box so now i cant go past 1024x768 i tried editing xorg.conf and added 1280x1024 but it didnt work..

SkyEye · 09-13-2005, 03:05 AM

Try this. This would work on Debian but I'm not too much sure about Ubuntu.

Code:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

I know Ubuntu doesn't have the default root account so you might want to use this instead

Code:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Note: Ubuntu is based on Debian.

paperless · 09-13-2005, 01:50 PM

Thank you very much!!! It worked.

Im gonna add some keywords so if people have same problem as me they reach this post trough search.

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