Keith Bowerman wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 05:05 +, alan c wrote:
>> Can you say what the PC model is etc?
>
> Hello Alan,
>
> I had the machine built to my own spec and then added an extra hard
> drive, more memory, etc. It is entirely Microsoft free, although I do
> run other flavours o
On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 05:05 +, alan c wrote:
> Can you say what the PC model is etc?
Hello Alan,
I had the machine built to my own spec and then added an extra hard
drive, more memory, etc. It is entirely Microsoft free, although I do
run other flavours of Linux on it, apart from my favourit
Keith Bowerman wrote:
> Thanks to Andy, Baza and Matthew for your help.
>
> I used the sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg suggestion and now have a
> desktop with my own choice of screen resolutions.
Well done.
Can you say what the PC model is etc? it may help to give pointers to
others?
--
alan
Thanks to Andy, Baza and Matthew for your help.
I used the sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg suggestion and now have a
desktop with my own choice of screen resolutions.
Keith
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Keith Bowerman,
Prestwood, South Staffs, England.
Using Ubuntu 6.06 on a Linux only machine.
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ubuntu-uk@lists.
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, Keith Bowerman wrote:
> I wonder if someone brighter than me could help this old codger. I
> installed Dapper on a new machine but the screen resolution was no
> better than 640x480 and with a 19" monitor it was like being at the
> pictures.
We try to probe the monitor to see
On 31/10/06, Keith Bowerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I can remember what alterations I made but I have no idea
> how to edit the file from the command line.
>
> Can someone please point me in the right direction.
>From the command line type:
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
It is wise to cp the f
On Tue, 2006-10-31 at 16:00 +, Keith Bowerman wrote:
> I wonder if someone brighter than me could help this old codger. I
> installed Dapper on a new machine but the screen resolution was no
> better than 640x480 and with a 19" monitor it was like being at the
> pictures. So I edited the xorg
On 31/10/06, Keith Bowerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have no idea how to edit the file from the command line.
log in to the text console as yourself.
type: sudo pico /etc/X11/xorg.conf
enter your password at the prompt
Once you have made the changes, press crtl+o to save, enter to accep
I wonder if someone brighter than me could help this old codger. I
installed Dapper on a new machine but the screen resolution was no
better than 640x480 and with a 19" monitor it was like being at the
pictures. So I edited the xorg.conf file, but with disastrous results -
no desktop! I can remem
