Hi all, installed ubuntu yesterday and im having a few problems, the first is that when i put the ubuntu cd in to try it out i had a nice 1024x768 resolution, i installed it and now i have 800x600, in the resolution options in gnome i only have 800x600 and the lower option, how can i get 1024x768?

Secondly, i noticed i didnt have to set a root password when installing ubuntu, just my normal user one (which i can use when it asks for one in gnome on my normal user). But it wont accept it in terminal when i do "su". Any ideas? Im used to having an option to open a file manager in super user mode so i can move things, change permissions etc, how do i do that on ubuntu/gnome?

Any help very much appreciated,

Dave

As I understand it (and I come from a Debian background not an Ubuntu one) Ubuntu does not directly use the root account. I believe root defaults to no password and no shell. Therefore, you wont be able to use su to change to root.

To perform 'root' like activities use the sudo command instead. Type man sudo for more information, but essentially it allows you to run commands with root's credentials. (or those of another user)

So if you wanted to use Midnight Commander as root, you don't need to do this;

you can just do this instead;

As for your resolution issue, try reconfiguring the xserver. Use the following command;

And try to answer as much as you can about your hardware.

Hope that helps a little.