Re: modifying template xorg.conf file to change monitor resolution

2012-07-20 Thread Brian
On Fri 20 Jul 2012 at 17:41:59 +0100, Michael Fothergill wrote: > I have two dumb questions: > > 1. Where do I enter the 1440 x900 resolution into the xorg.conf file? By and large there should be no need for an xorg.conf file as the card should autodetected and everything configured from what i

Re: modifying template xorg.conf file to change monitor resolution

2012-07-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 20 iul 12, 17:41:59, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > It's quite a while since I edited an xorg.conf file.The resolution > is too low at present - I think I am running at 800 x 600 > > I ran xrandr (which is a bit magical and mystical to me at present) > > mikef@Vigor15:~$ xrandr > xrand

modifying template xorg.conf file to change monitor resolution

2012-07-20 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear Folks, I am trying to fix my monitor screen resolution. I made a template xorg.conf file by running the gdm3 stop command and then did something like crtl alt f1 and got a terminal prompt and logged in as root and did /usr/bin/Xorg -configure and a new xorg.conf file was created in /root. H