Feisty screen resolution problem

[Rachael Agnew]

Wolf: Still having problems, and I think I've confused /etc/X11/xorg because

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a) I get this msg: xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting
possibly-customised configuration file; backup in ....
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I carried on and entered startx and a new authority file was created, then
the nest message is
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b) X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting.
Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console
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The first time I tried your fix I got hung up on one screen that wouldn't
move, so I exited and tried again. The second time I realized I needed to
use the esc key (when ok didn't work) and carried on but was aborted with
the same message as in b) above.

Any ideas? Do I need to reinstall Ubuntu 7.04 to start over fresh?  I
frequently receive the message telling me I'm not authorized to do
something; what should I do about that?
Ciao
Rachael


On 4/30/07, Wolf <wolf.pusztay at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi Rachael;
>
> You're getting close!
>
> You need to boot into 'buntu and hold down the ctrl-alt keys and press
> [backspace]
>
> This gets you to a terminal (black screen)
>
> Login as you normally do and then do the following:
>
> 1. sudo /etc/init.d gdm stop
>
> 2. sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>
> And answer all the questions the best you can, as the defaults are usually
> ok, except for selecting intel for video and check the resolution you want
> to ensure that 1280x800 is included.
>
> You should be good to go!
>
> When that's finished, enter startx at the system prompt to restart gdm and
> see what you have.
>
> Cheers!
>
>
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> *From:* ubuntu-ca-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:
> ubuntu-ca-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] *On Behalf Of *Rachael Agnew
> *Sent:* April 30, 2007 10:56 AM
> *To:* The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
> *Subject:* Re: Feisty screen resolution problem
>
>
> Thanks for replying, Wolf:
> I tried auto915Resolution at
> http://roland-lopez.blogspot.com/2007/03/auto915resolution-ubuntu-resolution-fix.html
> and another page (I forget the address) that gives directions for
> Xorg.conf file tweaking.  The video card on my computer is Intel 945.
> (Screen resolution for  Windows is 1280 x 800 and that is okay so I would
> expect that is what I want in Ubuntu as well.)
> As a consequence of all the tweaking around I've been doing, my mouse now
> jumps all over the place.  I don't want to reload Feisty because I managed
> to establish an Internet connection and I'm not sure that I could do it
> again.  (Yes, I'm green.)
> Ciao,
> Rachael
>
>
>
>  Rachael;
> >
> > Can you tell us what you tried, what video card you are using and what
> > monitor size/resolution you want/have?
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Wolf
> >
> >  On 4/28/07, Rachael Agnew <rachael.agnew at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello -- Need help with adjusting screen resolution. Someone (that
> > > would be Patrick at the Linuxcaffe Ubuntu users meeting about six meetings
> > > ago) helped me adjust it for Edgy, but I forgot what the adjustment was.
> > > Nothing I've read and tried so far for Feisty is working -- everything
> > > remains squished.  Anyone know what I need to do?  (Patrick, are you out
> > > there?)
> > > Ciao.
> > > Rachael
> > >
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