install screen resolution too low - how to adjust?

[Jon Dowd at Computer Drop Off]

 From a terminal type:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg <Enter>

(enter your password <Enter>)

Press <Enter> about 15~20 times until you see the 'Advanced' choice. In 
the next window we can specify a Horizontal refresh rate and the 
Vertical sync rate.
The first one could be 50~75.
The second could be 60~120

these settings will vary depending on your monitor and it is remotely 
possible to fry your monitor if the settings are too high

Keep pressing enter until your command prompt returns and exit out of 
the Terminal screen.

Press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to restart the X session and after you login, 
you will be able to set a higher resolution (maybe)...


David J Iannucci wrote:
> I've just installed edubuntu 6.10 on an old PII 266 laptop (Toshiba
> Tecra).  It doesn't seem to recognize the native resolution of my LCD
> (1024x768), and installed with a default resolution of 640x480(!).  I
> have looked all over, but can't for the life of me figure out how to
> reset it to the highest resolution. Yes, I found the system control
> program which supposedly performs this function, but it doesn't offer me
> any choice other than 640x480.
> 
> Any help much appreciated.
> 
> Dave
> 

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