Feisty screen resolution problem

[Alfred]

Hi:

Try using sudo in front of the command that you are using in Terminal.
This gives you SU power. (Super User Privilege.) First time sudo is used
you type in a password, after that, you may not need to do it again.

sudo su gets you into the root, as su.

Alfred!

On Fri, 2007-04-05 at 18:02 -0400, Rachael Agnew wrote:
> Wolf: Still having problems, and I think I've confused /etc/X11/xorg
> because 
> *******
> a) I get this msg: xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting
> possibly-customised configuration file; backup in ....
> ********** 
> I carried on and entered startx and a new authority file was created,
> then the nest message is
> *******************
> b) X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting.
> Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console 
> *******
> 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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