Problem changing monitor

[Gerald I. Evenden]

On Sunday 31 July 2011 6:08:25 pm Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Sunday, July 31, 2011, Gerald I. Evenden wrote:
> > BTW: I did download a program called displayconfig-gtk. It did not list
> > an entry for DELL SD2210 but Dell manual lists it as a "plug-n-play" in
> > their online manual. I tried that option but it would not list a
> > 1920x1080 screen selection---only a 1920-1200. When I did a "test" on
> > latter all I got was a weird screen (dunno what test is supposed to
> > show).
> >
> > --
>
> So did you try to run nivida-xconfig???   It should make you a new file in
> /etc/X11
>
> The file that needs to be changed (lots of luck doing it manually)  is
>
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
> which isn't used anymore (or as much) in later systems since they do most
> of the configuring on the fly.
>
> So  nivida-xconfig   should build you a new file.

You may be correct but my fear is that once I figure out the options and run 
it there may be an error that will blow the screen and I cannot reboot out of 
the trouble and what a horror show that would cause.

Thanks for your trouble. I think I will just live with the black sidebars 
until I bite the bullet and generate an uptodated system.

Again, thanks.

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