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I know that you get this question a lot on the forum. I am running Ubuntu 8.04 with KDE. I can't change my screen res. at all when I go through the display setup, when I pick my resolution it won't let me apply it.
When I change it to 1024 x 768 from the desktop I get a SIGABRT error message, and it reverts back to 800 x 600.
I tried to go through the xorg config file but it wont let me change anything. It says I don't have the permission.
I have tried the XFCE environment and it works fine in 1024 x 768.
using ubuntu 7.10, I click on System/Administration/Screens and Graphics
and a password request pops up. from there I can change my screen resolution.
8.04 should not be much different...
Things are definitely different in the xorg.conf for 8.04, there is definitely a driver issue here. KDE starts up like a charm, I hadn't used it, yet -- nice. I found out I could rotate my monitor if I want (cool).
What is your video card?
At the terminal, type:
Code:
sudo lshw
You should have a bunch of lines that looks like this:
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