screen resolution

[david]

 Hi les
Thanks for that it works now.
I tried many times to change it this prior to posting but was only given
the choices up to about 800x600. however when I checked it just now the
entire range of choices was availbe.
Thanks all
David

On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 21:02 +1100, Les Gray wrote:
> Am Montag, den 25.02.2008, 18:58 +1100 schrieb 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.
> 
> What happens when you use the regular GNOME display settings in System>Settings>Screen Resolution?
> 
>