i downloaded and installed ubuntu 12.04 and am having a little bit of trouble getting the resolution corrected i tried configuring the xconfig file but when i access it from my system files i dont have the "permission" to do that and when i try and do the command gksudo gedit /ect/x11/xorg.conf it keeps telling me i am saving to the incorrect spot, my setup is 3gb ram on a asus motherboard cant remeber model number off the top of my head amd 6400 dual core processor nvidia gts250 galaxy gpu and 2 hdds and some other msc stuff anyone know what i can do to solve this?

Did you install your nvidia driver?

If not click the dash (top left) and search for jockey. Install your driver.

When the driver gets done issue:

sudo nvidia-xconfig

That will write you a new xorg.conf. Reboot and it should work.

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I did download the driver but i didnt config, ill give that a try now.

It said couldn't find the x config file so i made a new one but the resolution is still to big to fit the screen

Open the Nvidia configuration application and try to set it to your desired resolution:

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It worked thank you so much!