800x600 in Kubuntu

[Jim Douglas]

How can I edit this file with Kate?  When I try to navigate to the file it stops my at the /etc/X11 directory.

If I can't login as "root" how can I switch from "sa" to "root" within the GUI?

Thanks,
Jim


> Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:08:03 -0400
> From: GrokIt at ajinfosearch.com
> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: 800x600 in Kubuntu
> 
> Jim Douglas wrote:
> > The additions were installed....I also updated Kubuntu.
> > 
> > Still, after re-start  of Kubuntu, my only display options are
> > 
> > Disabled
> > 800x600 (Auto)
> > 640x480
> 
> 
> For some reason vbox doesn't use it's own driver in 8.10 as a guest.  You just 
> have to add one line with "vboxvideo" as the driver to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf 
> file so it looks like this:
> 
> Section "Device"
>          Identifier      "Configured Video Device"
>          Driver          "vboxvideo"
> EndSection
> 
> I had the same problem and it works just like it should now.  Restart kdm and 
> then you just have to resize the window and the display automatically fills it.
> 
> Alan
> 
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