screen resolution

[david]

In response to both replies.
This is what I get when i click save to X configuration file

Unable to remove old X config backup file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup'.

and the same response when I dont use the gksudo at the begining of the
command.
thanks David

On Sun, 2008-02-24 at 19:55 +1100, Les Gray wrote:
> Am Sonntag, den 24.02.2008, 19:30 +1100 schrieb david:
> > I am using 7.10, I have Nvidia 7600 geforce video card.
> > every time I switch the computer on I have to type  gksudo
> > nvidia-settings into terminal to set the resolution 1280x1024. this
> > setting will not stay saved. Could someone able to assist me saving
> > these settings
> > regards David
> 
> Try running nvidia-settings without the gksudo part. When you do it that
> way, you are changing the X settings for the root user, not the regular
> user, which is who you normally log in as.
> 
>