[ILUG] Re: ILUG Digest, Vol 32, Issue 52

[Tadeusz Cantwell]

I typed that into the terminal and went through the options for the
keyboard layout. Until I got to Configuring xserver-xorg which had ok
at the end but I wasn't able to add anything.

If it didn't happen automatically do I have to do it the hard way?


> Message: 10
> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:52:48 +0100
> From: Diarmuid Bourke <diarmuidbourke at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ILUG] xorg.conf file change for screen resolution
> To: Tadeusz Cantwell <t4dc4n at gmail.com>
> Cc: ilug at linux.ie
> Message-ID: <48682050.3080106 at gmail.com>
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> Tadeusz Cantwell wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I updated Ubuntu 8.04, which caused my screen resolution to change to 640x480.
>>
>> I posted this on the ubuntuforums and was told it was a xorg.conf issue
>>
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=843723
>>
>> I tried to understand this http://www.linux.com/feature/118108 but couldn't
>>
>> I am an idiot computer user, please write simple advice/instructions!
>
> probably a simple fix might be to run "sudo dpkg-reconfigure
> xserver-xorg". That should be able to auto-detect your screen size.
> Most of the default answers should be ok, make sure the keyboard layout
> is correct though.
>
> Otherwise, you will need to manually edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
>
> Diarmuid.